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
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Cultural Revolution	Oral Culture	05:51
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	They Don't Know	Oral Culture	04:10
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48

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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