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
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Shams	Ciao Ciao (Laychee Aman)	Ayoban	06:25
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

Shams - Ayoban

FEATURED

Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

FEATURED

Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

FEATURED

Karamchand Maharaj - Innovations 4

FEATURED

Milton Douglas - Can't Trust No One

FEATURED

Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The Patriot

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Capture Land

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

FEATURED

Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

FEATURED

Arawak - Music in the Making b/w New Day

FEATURED

Ishan People - Roots

FEATURED

Ishan People - ST

FEATURED

Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

FEATURED

Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

FEATURED

David Thiaw - African Skies

FEATURED

Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Stealing Love

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

Comments