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
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49

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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