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
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17

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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