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)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
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
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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