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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Oster, Al	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
McNeil, Irene	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
McNeil, Irene	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Burgess, Ivan	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
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
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Clark, Larena	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Dunn, Willie	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46

Canadian Pioneers

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

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Burgess, Ivan - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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Hewitt, Winston - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

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Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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Clark, Larena - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Hewitt, Winston - Reggae Medley

McNeil, Irene - Mademoiselle Rythme

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Hewitt, Winston - Full of Love

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

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Hewitt, Winston - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers - Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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Keatniks - ST

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Dunn, Willie - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

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Kris, Bobby and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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Get Loose Crew - ST

Trois Clefs, Les - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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