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	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23

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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