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
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34

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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