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
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
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
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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