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	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45

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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