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.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Irene McNeil	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
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

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Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Larena Clark - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Bobby Kris and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

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Ivan Burgess - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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John Oswald - Plunderphonics

Da Slyme - ST

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Willie Dunn - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

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Winston Hewitt - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

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Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

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Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

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Winston Hewitt - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

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Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

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Winston Hewitt - I Love You

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Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

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Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

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Borealis - Sons of the Sea

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

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