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
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28

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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