Canadian Pioneers

This collection honours the trailblazers—the artists who dared to do something different and, in many cases, were the first to do it in Canadian music. From genre-defining innovators to cultural groundbreakers, Canadian Pioneers celebrates those who opened doors, broke rules, and carved out new paths with originality, courage, and vision. Their contributions helped shape the sound of Canada—and inspired generations to come.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11

Canadian Pioneers

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Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

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Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Larena Clark - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Bobby Kris and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

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Ivan Burgess - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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John Oswald - Plunderphonics

Da Slyme - ST

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Willie Dunn - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

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Winston Hewitt - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

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Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

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Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

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Winston Hewitt - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

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Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

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Winston Hewitt - I Love You

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Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

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Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

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Borealis - Sons of the Sea

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

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