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
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35

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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