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
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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