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
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
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
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58

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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