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
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51

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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