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
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
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
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33

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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