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	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54

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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