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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Ricketts, Glen	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Mittoo, Jackie	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Harvey, Carl	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Mittoo, Jackie	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Martin, Stan	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Hewitt, Winston	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Hart, Winston	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Lindsay, Balford	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Earth, Roots And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Gibbon, Leroy	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Webber, Merlene	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Ricketts, Glen	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Mittoo, Jackie	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Lindsay, Balford	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Gayle, Otis	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Osbourne, Johnny	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Allen, Lillian	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Earth, Roots And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Brown, Leroy	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Jackson, R. Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Ali, Naya	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Sibbles, Leroy	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Ali, Naya	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Hewitt, Winston	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Burgess, Ivan	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Bennett, Jo Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Burgess, Ivan	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Ricketts, Glen	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Mittoo, Jackie	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Ali, Naya	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Smith, Ernie*	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Hart, Winston	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Brown, Carol	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Jackson, R. Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Mittoo, Jackie	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Gibbon, Leroy	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Lindsay, Balford	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Lindsay, Balford	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Hewitt, Winston	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Rollins, Priscilla*	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Jackson, R. Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Sibbles, Leroy	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Osbourne, Johnny	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Hart, Winston	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Hewitt, Winston	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Cates, Demo	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Cates, Demo	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Ricketts, Glen	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Brown, Leroy	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Lee, Ras	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Lindsay, Balford	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Mittoo, Jackie	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Mittoo, Jackie	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Sibbles, Leroy	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Banton, George	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Sibbles, Leroy	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Allen, Lillian	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Mittoo, Jackie	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Lovejoy, Sid	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Burgess, Ivan	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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