Reggae, Caribbean and African

This room celebrates the rich rhythms and vibrant voices of Canada’s Reggae, Caribbean, and African music scenes. From roots reggae and dancehall to calypso, soca, Afrobeat, and traditional African styles, this collection reflects the cultural depth brought by diasporic communities across the country. Whether born abroad or raised in Canada, these artists brought the sound of islands and continents to Canadian streets, shaping a powerful, joyful, and deeply expressive musical legacy. Uplifting, unifying, and undeniably rhythmic.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

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Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

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Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

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Karamchand Maharaj - Innovations 4

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Milton Douglas - Can't Trust No One

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Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

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Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

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Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

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Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

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Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

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Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

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Stranger Cole - The Patriot

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Stranger Cole - Capture Land

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Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

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Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

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Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

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Arawak - Music in the Making b/w New Day

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Ishan People - Roots

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Ishan People - ST

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Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

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Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

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David Thiaw - African Skies

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Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

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Demo Cates - Lady

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Demo Cates - Stealing Love

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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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