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
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12

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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