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
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Karamchand Maharaj	Koi Na Jaane	Innovations 4	04:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09

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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