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	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05

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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