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
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Al Oster	Yukon Gold	Yukon Gold	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Irene McNeil	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Larena Clark	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Larena Clark	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
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	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Larena Clark	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Al Oster	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37

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