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
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Winston Hart	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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