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
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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