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
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26

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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