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
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09

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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