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
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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