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
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
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
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Fowke, Edith	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Dunn, Willie	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Burgess, Ivan	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Clark, Larena	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear It Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Hewitt, Winston	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Burgess, Ivan	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
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	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Oster, Al	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
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
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54

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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