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
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kilimanjaro	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:46
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10

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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