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
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01

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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