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
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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