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
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03

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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