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	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
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
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
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
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
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
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35

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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