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
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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

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