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
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37

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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