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
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
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
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Al Oster	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Larena Clark	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26

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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