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
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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