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
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56

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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