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
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59

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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