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
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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