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	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18

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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