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
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Fat Chants	When the Rivers are Hot	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	05:01
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09

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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