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
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53

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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