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
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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