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
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57

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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