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
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
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
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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