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)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
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	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29

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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