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
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02

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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