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
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
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
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59

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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