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
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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