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
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
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
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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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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