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
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14

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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