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
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
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
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59

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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