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
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
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 Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

FEATURED

Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

FEATURED

Karamchand Maharaj - Innovations 4

FEATURED

Milton Douglas - Can't Trust No One

FEATURED

Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The Patriot

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Capture Land

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

FEATURED

Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

FEATURED

Arawak - Music in the Making b/w New Day

FEATURED

Ishan People - Roots

FEATURED

Ishan People - ST

FEATURED

Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

FEATURED

Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

FEATURED

David Thiaw - African Skies

FEATURED

Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Stealing Love

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

FEATURED

Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

Comments