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
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30

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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