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
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22

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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