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
Burgess, Ivan	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Fowke, Edith	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Hewitt, Winston	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
Clark, Larena	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
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
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Hewitt, Winston	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Clark, Larena	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Hewitt, Winston	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
McNeil, Irene	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
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
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Oster, Al	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Clark, Larena	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54

Canadian Pioneers

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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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Oswald, John - Plunderphonics

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