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
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17

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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