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
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46

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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