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
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Hewitt, Winston	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Clark, Larena	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Burgess, Ivan	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Clark, Larena	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
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
McNeil, Irene	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Oswald, John	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Hewitt, Winston	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Hewitt, Winston	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
McNeil, Irene	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Hewitt, Winston	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
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27

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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