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
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
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
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Winston Hewitt	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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37

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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