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
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39

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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