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
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
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
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36

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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