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
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
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
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Shams	Ayoban	Ayoban	05:06
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30

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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