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
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Milton Douglas	Unity	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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