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
Clark, Larena	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Hewitt, Winston	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Barry, Yank	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Burgess, Ivan	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
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
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Clark, Larena	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Hewitt, Winston	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
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
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Hewitt, Winston	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Oster, Al	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
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
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
McNeil, Irene	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16

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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