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
Oster, Al	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
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
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
McNeil, Irene	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Burgess, Ivan	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Hewitt, Winston	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Hewitt, Winston	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45

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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