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
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Karamchand Maharaj	Koi Na Jaane	Innovations 4	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	One Stop	Oral Culture	05:24
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39

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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