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
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Fat Chants	When the Rivers are Hot	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	05:01
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
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 Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Shams - Ayoban

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

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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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