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
Fowke, Edith	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Clark, Larena	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
McNeil, Irene	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Barry, Yank	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Clark, Larena	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Hewitt, Winston	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Hewitt, Winston	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
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
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
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
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
McNeil, Irene	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
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
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
McNeil, Irene	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00

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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