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
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
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
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	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
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
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Larena Clark	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
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
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52

Canadian Pioneers

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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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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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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