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
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Hewitt, Winston	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Oster, Al	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
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
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cover Girl	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:23
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
McNeil, Irene	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
McNeil, Irene	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
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Clark, Larena	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Burgess, Ivan	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Clark, Larena	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Dunn, Willie	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Oswald, John	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09

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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