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
McNeil, Irene	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Borealis	Business	Sons of the Sea	04:44
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Party's Over	Sings	02:43
Borealis	Sons for the Sea	Sons of the Sea	03:53
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Barry, Yank	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Oster, Al	Midnight Sun Rock	Yukon Gold	02:22
Chevy Dirt	Little Loser	Western Civilization	03:28
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Two Tones	Copper Kettle	Live at the Village Corner	03:34
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Fowke, Edith	John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:06
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Clark, Larena	There Was a Lord in Edinburgh	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:27
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Clark, Larena	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Maestro Zone	The Black Tie Affair	05:15
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
A Tribe Called Red	Look at This	ST	06:15
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Fowke, Edith	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Get Loose Crew	Get Loose Crew	ST	05:01
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Northern Haze	Quviasuk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:28
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante (dub)	ST	04:28
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Clark, Larena	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Dunn, Willie	Collection Blues	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	04:34
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	An After Dinner Mint	The Black Tie Affair	01:33
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	On the Jazz Tip	The Black Tie Affair	03:30
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Oster, Al	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Oswald, John	Pretender (Oparton - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	02:44
Oster, Al	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Clark, Larena	I Once Loved a Lass	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	03:32
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe (dub)	ST	04:36
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Clark, Larena	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear It Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Keatniks	Memphis	ST	02:22
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Oswald, John	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Keatniks	Here She Comes	ST	01:52
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
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)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	I'm Drinkin' Milk Now	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
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
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Hewitt, Winston	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
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
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Fowke, Edith	Tom Brandon - The Spree	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:04
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Oster, Al	Words Will Never Tell	Yukon Gold	02:09
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Northern Haze	Qailaurit	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	01:57
Keatniks	King of the Road	ST	02:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE)	The Black Tie Affair	03:47
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47

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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