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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Willie Dunn	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Al Oster	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
John Oswald	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
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
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
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)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Al Oster	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Al Oster	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

FEATURED

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

FEATURED

Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

FEATURED

A Tribe Called Red - ST

FEATURED

Al Oster - Yukon Gold

FEATURED

Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

FEATURED

Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Ivan Burgess - Minstrel Of The Dawn

FEATURED

John Oswald - Plunderphonics

Da Slyme - ST

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - I Love You

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

FEATURED

Borealis - Sons of the Sea

FEATURED

Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

FEATURED

Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

Comments