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
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
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: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
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	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Irene McNeil	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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23

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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