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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
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
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04

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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