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	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
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
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53

Canadian Pioneers

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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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