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
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25

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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