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
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
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
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Winston Hart	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
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
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32

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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