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
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Dunn, Willie	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Hewitt, Winston	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
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)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Hewitt, Winston	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
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
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Hewitt, Winston	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Barry, Yank	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Hewitt, Winston	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Burgess, Ivan	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
McNeil, Irene	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
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
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45

Canadian Pioneers

FEATURED

Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

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

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

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

Singing Fools - The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)

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

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

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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

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

Da Slyme - ST

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

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

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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) - Symphony in Effect

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

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

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Keatniks - ST

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Hewitt, Winston - Snapshot

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

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Get Loose Crew - ST

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

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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