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
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Karamchand Maharaj	Koi Na Jaane	Innovations 4	04:25
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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