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
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33

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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