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
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10

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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