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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
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
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
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)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
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
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44

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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