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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
McNeil, Irene	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Oster, Al	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Hewitt, Winston	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
McNeil, Irene	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Barry, Yank	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Clark, Larena	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Oster, Al	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Fowke, Edith	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24

Canadian Pioneers

FEATURED

Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

Trois Clefs, Les - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers - Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

Singing Fools - The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)

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Hewitt, Winston - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Dunn, Willie - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Clark, Larena - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

Da Slyme - ST

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Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

FEATURED

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

FEATURED

Kris, Bobby and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

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Keatniks - ST

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Hewitt, Winston - Snapshot

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

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Get Loose Crew - ST

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Hewitt, Winston - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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