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
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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