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
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Cultural Revolution	Oral Culture	05:51
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kilimanjaro	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:46
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Shams	Néy Néy Maria	Ayoban	06:38
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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