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	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
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
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51

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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