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
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Shams	Ciao Ciao (Laychee Aman)	Ayoban	06:25
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
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 Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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