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
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
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
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Karamchand Maharaj	Koi Na Jaane	Innovations 4	04:25
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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Shams - Ayoban

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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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