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
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Irene McNeil	Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling"	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:20
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
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	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18

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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