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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
McNeil, Irene	Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling"	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:20
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
McNeil, Irene	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Hewitt, Winston	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Clark, Larena	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Clark, Larena	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Hewitt, Winston	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
Burgess, Ivan	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Clark, Larena	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Hewitt, Winston	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Borealis	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Clark, Larena	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Barry, Yank	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52

Canadian Pioneers

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

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Burgess, Ivan - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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

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

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

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Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Hewitt, Winston - Reggae Medley

McNeil, Irene - Mademoiselle Rythme

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Hewitt, Winston - Full of Love

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

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

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers - Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another

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

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Keatniks - ST

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

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

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Get Loose Crew - ST

Trois Clefs, Les - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

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

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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