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
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Clark, Larena	The Old Country Fair	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:35
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Oster, Al	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Conductin' Thangs	The Black Tie Affair	04:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	It's a Great Day	Sings	02:08
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Barry, Yank	Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray	The Diary of Mr. Gray	05:19
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Dunn, Willie	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Burgess, Ivan	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
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
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear It Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Oster, Al	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
McNeil, Irene	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Fowke, Edith	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Clark, Larena	The Faggot Cutter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	How Many Styles	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:37
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
Clark, Larena	The Rifle Boys	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:46
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32

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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