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
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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