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	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12

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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