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
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Clark, Larena	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
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
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
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
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Hewitt, Winston	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
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
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Hewitt, Winston	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31

Canadian Pioneers

FEATURED

Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

Trois Clefs, Les - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers - Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

Singing Fools - The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)

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Hewitt, Winston - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Dunn, Willie - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Clark, Larena - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

Da Slyme - ST

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Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

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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) - Symphony in Effect

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Kris, Bobby and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

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Keatniks - ST

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Hewitt, Winston - Snapshot

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

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Get Loose Crew - ST

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Hewitt, Winston - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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