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	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
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)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Irene McNeil	Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:42
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07

Canadian Pioneers

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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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