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
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Milton Douglas	Unity	Can't Trust No One	04:19
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26

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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