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
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38

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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