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
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
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
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51

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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