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
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
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
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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