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
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kilimanjaro	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:46
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36

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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