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
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Shams	Ayoban	Ayoban	05:06
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Shams	Ciao Ciao (Laychee Aman)	Ayoban	06:25
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11

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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