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
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
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
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
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
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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