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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Barry, Yank	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Oster, Al	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Hewitt, Winston	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Oster, Al	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Hewitt, Winston	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Burgess, Ivan	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Hewitt, Winston	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
McNeil, Irene	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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13

Canadian Pioneers

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

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Burgess, Ivan - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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

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

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

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Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Hewitt, Winston - Reggae Medley

McNeil, Irene - Mademoiselle Rythme

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Hewitt, Winston - Full of Love

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

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

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

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

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

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Keatniks - ST

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

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

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Get Loose Crew - ST

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

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

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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