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
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
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
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Shams	Néy Néy Maria	Ayoban	06:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kilimanjaro	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:46
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Shams	Ciao Ciao (Laychee Aman)	Ayoban	06:25
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Shams	Wadadhush Min Zaman	Ayoban	06:15
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	They Don't Know	Oral Culture	04:10
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25

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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