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
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
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	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45

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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