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
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Milton Douglas	Unity	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
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
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22

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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