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
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
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
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37

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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