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
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

Shams - Ayoban

FEATURED

Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

FEATURED

Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

FEATURED

Karamchand Maharaj - Innovations 4

FEATURED

Milton Douglas - Can't Trust No One

FEATURED

Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The Patriot

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Capture Land

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

FEATURED

Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

FEATURED

Arawak - Music in the Making b/w New Day

FEATURED

Ishan People - Roots

FEATURED

Ishan People - ST

FEATURED

Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

FEATURED

Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

FEATURED

David Thiaw - African Skies

FEATURED

Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Stealing Love

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

Comments