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
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41

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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