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
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kilimanjaro	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:46
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34

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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