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	In the End	Sons of the Sea	02:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Burgess, Ivan	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
McNeil, Irene	Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Burgess, Ivan	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Oswald, John	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Clark, Larena	Rattle on the Stovepipe	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:34
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Hors d'ouevres	The Black Tie Affair	00:50
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Hewitt, Winston	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
McNeil, Irene	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Check My Vernacular	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:15
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix)	Symphony in Effect	04:59
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Barry, Yank	I Can't Help Feeling	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:44
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Fowke, Edith	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony	Symphony in Effect	05:43
Clark, Larena	The Dapple Grey	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	05:22
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Other Woman	Sings	02:33
McNeil, Irene	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap (dub)	ST	04:54
McNeil, Irene	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Oster, Al	One of These Days	Yukon Gold	02:24
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Oster, Al	Waltz of the Yukon	Yukon Gold	03:18
Oster, Al	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Hewitt, Winston	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Fowke, Edith	Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:58
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Black Tie Affair	The Black Tie Affair	04:26
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Burgess, Ivan	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
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
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
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27

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

A Tribe Called Red - ST

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Oswald, John - Plunderphonics

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