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're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Hewitt, Winston	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
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
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
McNeil, Irene	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Barry, Yank	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Hewitt, Winston	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
McNeil, Irene	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
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)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
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
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Oster, Al	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Fowke, Edith	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13

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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