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
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
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	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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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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