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
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35

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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