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
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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