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
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01

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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