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
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24

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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