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
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
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	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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