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
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
McNeil, Irene Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Clark, Larena The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Oster, Al Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Memphis ST
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Burgess, Ivan Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Fowke, Edith Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
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
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea

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