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
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Shams	Min Mat Karena	Ayoban	04:53
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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Shams - Ayoban

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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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