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
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Winston Hart	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Fat Chants	When the Rivers are Hot	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	05:01
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	They Don't Know	Oral Culture	04:10
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Black Bird	Oral Culture	04:14
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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Shams - Ayoban

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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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