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
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear It Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Oster, Al	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Hewitt, Winston	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Clark, Larena	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
McNeil, Irene	Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling"	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:20
McNeil, Irene	Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:42
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Oswald, John	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Barry, Yank	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Hewitt, Winston	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Hewitt, Winston	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02

Canadian Pioneers

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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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Oswald, John - Plunderphonics

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