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
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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