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
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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