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
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56

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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