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
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Milton Douglas	Unity	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
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
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35

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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