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
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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