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
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Burgess, Ivan	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada	Motherlove	05:34
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear It Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Hewitt, Winston	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
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)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
McNeil, Irene	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Barry, Yank	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
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
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00

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

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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Oswald, John - Plunderphonics

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