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
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Clark, Larena	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Dunn, Willie	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
McNeil, Irene	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Hewitt, Winston	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Clark, Larena	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
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
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Oswald, John	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Oster, Al	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54

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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