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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Fowke, Edith	Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:26
Hewitt, Winston	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Chevy Dirt	Convertible Car	Western Civilization	03:26
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Just One of Those Things	Sings	02:27
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
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
Northern Haze	Inusivut	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:14
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Clark, Larena	The Gallant Hussar	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
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
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Burgess, Ivan	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
McNeil, Irene	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Oster, Al	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Hewitt, Winston	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Come Rain or Come Shine	Sings	02:02
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
A Tribe Called Red	General Generations	ST	03:20
Hewitt, Winston	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
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)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	These Foolish Things	Sings	03:02
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Trois Clefs, Les	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Oster, Al	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Dunn, Willie	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
Borealis	Tomorrow Morning	Sons of the Sea	05:22
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Clark, Larena	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Chevy Dirt	No Foolin' Around	Western Civilization	02:53
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04

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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