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
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Fat Chants	When the Rivers are Hot	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	05:01
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Shams - Ayoban

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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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