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	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Hewitt, Winston	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
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Clark, Larena	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Clark, Larena	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
McNeil, Irene	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Barry, Yank	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
McNeil, Irene	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Clark, Larena	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Oster, Al	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Clark, Larena	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01

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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