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
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26

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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