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
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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