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
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00

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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