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
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Karamchand Maharaj	Koi Na Jaane	Innovations 4	04:25
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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