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
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Shams	Néy Néy Maria	Ayoban	06:38
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Shams	Sum Bashen	Ayoban	04:37
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Utilize (Utalize)	Oral Culture	04:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50

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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