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
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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