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
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
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
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Shams	Wadadhush Min Zaman	Ayoban	06:15
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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