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
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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