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
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kilimanjaro	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21

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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