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
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Winston Hart	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59

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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