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
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42

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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