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
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
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
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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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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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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