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
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44

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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