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	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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
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	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Al Oster	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Larena Clark	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
A Tribe Called Red	Woodcarver	ST	05:12
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Yank Barry	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
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
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00

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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