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
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
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
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11

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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