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
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14

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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