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
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
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
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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