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
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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