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
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Shams	Orti Tuyatchbah	Ayoban	04:01
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36

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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