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
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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