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	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
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
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45

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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