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
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46

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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