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
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22

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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