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.

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Kingston, Jamaica→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Burgess, Ivan - Minstrel Of The Dawn

Bermuda - Ottawa, Ontario - Antigonish, Nova Scotia - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

Ethelbert, Manitoba - Hamilton, Ontario - Abbotsford, British Columbia

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Hewitt, Winston - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

Montréal, Québec

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Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

Toronto, Ontario

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Clark, Larena - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

Orillia, Ontario (Gordon Lightfoot); Wasago, Ontario (Terry Whelan)

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Hewitt, Winston - Reggae Medley

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

McNeil, Irene - Mademoiselle Rythme

Montréal, Québec

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Hewitt, Winston - Full of Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hewitt, Winston - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers - Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another

Dawson Creek, British Columbia

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Keatniks - ST

Labrador, Newfoundland

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Dunn, Willie - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Kris, Bobby and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Get Loose Crew - ST

Toronto, Ontario

Trois Clefs, Les - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

Québec

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

Sugluk, Québec

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Borealis on a ladder

Yank Barry - The Diary of Mr. Gray vintage naked lady with bicycle

Yank Barry - The Diary of Mr. Gray gatefold inner sleeve

Yank Barry - The Diary of Mr. Gray vinyl act 1 stereo

Yank Barry - The Diary of Mr. Gray vinyl act 4 quadraphonic instrumental

Yank Barry First Time on Stage

Yank Barry poster

Yank Barry - The Diary of Mr. Gray sheet music

Les Trois Clefs - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

Keatniks - ST

Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

Yank Barry hovering over The Phantom Lady

Barry, Yank

Get Loose Crew - ST

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) / The Black Tie Affair

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)

Get Loose Crew December 1987

Sings

MC Shadow & DJ Jel in British Knights apparel 1988

Get Loose Crew

Crack It b/w Crack It

Da Slyme-ST LABEL 04

Da Slyme / ST Spray-painted variant

Da Slyme / ST Spray-painted variant

Da Slyme / ST Spray-painted variant

Da Slyme-ST INSERT SHEET 06

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Barry, Yank I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Clark, Larena The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Hewitt, Winston Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Oswald, John Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Clark, Larena Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Clark, Larena Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Hewitt, Winston Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Clark, Larena The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings

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