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
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12

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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