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) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Memphis ST
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Dunn, Willie Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Hewitt, Winston I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Clark, Larena The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Clark, Larena The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Clark, Larena Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
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
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Clark, Larena The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Get on the Scene Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
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
Clark, Larena The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
McNeil, Irene Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST

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