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
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Oster, Al	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Oster, Al	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Hewitt, Winston	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Oster, Al	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
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
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Burgess, Ivan	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
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
Oswald, John	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
McNeil, Irene	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Fowke, Edith	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37

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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