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
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
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
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Winston Hart	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37

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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