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
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01

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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