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
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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