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
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
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
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39

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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