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
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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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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