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
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24

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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