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
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46

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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