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
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

FEATURED

Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

FEATURED

Karamchand Maharaj - Innovations 4

FEATURED

Milton Douglas - Can't Trust No One

FEATURED

Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The Patriot

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Capture Land

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

FEATURED

Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

FEATURED

Arawak - Music in the Making b/w New Day

FEATURED

Ishan People - Roots

FEATURED

Ishan People - ST

FEATURED

Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

FEATURED

Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

FEATURED

David Thiaw - African Skies

FEATURED

Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Stealing Love

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

FEATURED

Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

Comments