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
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
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
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31

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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