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
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Oster, Al	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Hewitt, Winston	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Clark, Larena	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Hewitt, Winston	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Clark, Larena	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Barry, Yank	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Clark, Larena	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Dunn, Willie	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54

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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