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
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

FEATURED

Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

FEATURED

Karamchand Maharaj - Innovations 4

FEATURED

Milton Douglas - Can't Trust No One

FEATURED

Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The Patriot

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Capture Land

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

FEATURED

Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

FEATURED

Arawak - Music in the Making b/w New Day

FEATURED

Ishan People - Roots

FEATURED

Ishan People - ST

FEATURED

Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

FEATURED

Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

FEATURED

David Thiaw - African Skies

FEATURED

Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Stealing Love

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

FEATURED

Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

FEATURED

Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

FEATURED

Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

Comments