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	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
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
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
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
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Barry, Yank	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Oster, Al	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Dunn, Willie	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Hewitt, Winston	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49

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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