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
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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