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
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28

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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