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	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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