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
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
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
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51

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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