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
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Shams	Ciao Ciao (Laychee Aman)	Ayoban	06:25
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Whey Natty Dey	Oral Culture	04:03
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Cultural Revolution	Oral Culture	05:51
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Lamentations	Oral Culture	06:21
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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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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