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
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
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	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15

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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