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
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
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
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22

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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