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	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
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
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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