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
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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