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
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20

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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