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
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Some Luvin	Oral Culture	03:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Shams	Ayoban	Ayoban	05:06
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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