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
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Syren	The One	The One	05:44

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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