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
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54

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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