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
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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