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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
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
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19

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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