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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Fowke, Edith	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Oster, Al	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Dunn, Willie	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
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)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Hewitt, Winston	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Hewitt, Winston	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Clark, Larena	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Burgess, Ivan	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Burgess, Ivan	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Oster, Al	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
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

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

A Tribe Called Red - ST

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Oswald, John - Plunderphonics

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