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
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Milton Douglas	Unity	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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