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
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
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
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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