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
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Shams	Orti Tuyatchbah	Ayoban	04:01
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29

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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