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
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56

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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