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
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
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
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18

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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