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
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32

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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