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)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
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
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37

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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