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
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Winston Hart	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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