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	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Milton Douglas	Unity	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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