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
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32

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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