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	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
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	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59

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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