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
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Karamchand Maharaj	Koi Na Jaane	Innovations 4	04:25
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34

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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