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	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46

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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