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
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
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
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
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
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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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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