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
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55

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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