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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
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	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37

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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