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
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00

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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