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
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
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
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55

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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