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	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Larena Clark	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
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
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Yank Barry	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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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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