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
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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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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