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
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01

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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