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	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21

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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