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
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
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	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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