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
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54

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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