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
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
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
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18

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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