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	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29

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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