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
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
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
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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

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