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
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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