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
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Shams	Ayoban	Ayoban	05:06
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Black Bird	Oral Culture	04:14
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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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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