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
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08

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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