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
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Milton Douglas	Unity	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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