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
Hewitt, Winston	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear It Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
McNeil, Irene	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
McNeil, Irene	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pass the Champagne	The Black Tie Affair	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Dunn, Willie	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Clark, Larena	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Burgess, Ivan	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Burgess, Ivan	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
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)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Barry, Yank	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Clark, Larena	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
A Tribe Called Red	Intertribal n1	ST	03:28
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
McNeil, Irene	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39

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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