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
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Irene McNeil	Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling"	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
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
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Larena Clark	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36

Canadian Pioneers

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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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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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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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