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
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Fat Chants	When the Rivers are Hot	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	05:01
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01

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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