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	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Barry, Yank	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Oster, Al	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Keatniks	Can`t You See That She`s Mine	ST	02:03
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Oster, Al	918 Miles	Yukon Gold	02:15
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Oswald, John	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
A Tribe Called Red	Moombahwow	ST	04:20
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
McNeil, Irene	Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling"	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:20
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
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
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Borealis	Lucky Day	Sons of the Sea	03:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Showin You	Symphony in Effect	04:51
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Clark, Larena	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Northern Haze	Sinnaktuq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:20
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Keatniks	Bumble Boogie	ST	02:08
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro	Symphony in Effect	03:48
Oster, Al	Trail of '98	Yukon Gold	02:37
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28

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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