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
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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