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
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

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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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