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
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28

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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