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	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
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
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
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
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19

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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