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
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Our Love is Here to Stay	Sings	02:10
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
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
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
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
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03

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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