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	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
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
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
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

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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