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	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Karamchand Maharaj	Koi Na Jaane	Innovations 4	04:25
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Fat Chants	When the Rivers are Hot	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	05:01
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Shams - Ayoban

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

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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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