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	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
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
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Irene McNeil	Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling"	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18

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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