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
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Karamchand Maharaj	Koi Na Jaane	Innovations 4	04:25

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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