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
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33

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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