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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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

A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

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Oswald, John - Plunderphonics

Kitchener, 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) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear It Up Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Burgess, Ivan If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
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
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Clark, Larena Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Oswald, John Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Trois Clefs, Les Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Oster, Al Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Clark, Larena The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Burgess, Ivan Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Clark, Larena The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You

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