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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
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
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Hewitt, Winston	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Clark, Larena	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear It Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
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
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
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
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Hewitt, Winston	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Hewitt, Winston	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Oswald, John	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Clark, Larena	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
McNeil, Irene	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35

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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