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	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
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
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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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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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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