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
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada	Motherlove	05:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Irene McNeil	Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling"	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:20
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42

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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