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	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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