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
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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