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 Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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