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
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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