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
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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