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
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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