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
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Fat Chants	When the Rivers are Hot	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	05:01
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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