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
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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