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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Sandy, Peter	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Allen, Lillian	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
El Kady, Pellegrin	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Jackson, R. Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Lovejoy, Sid	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Brown, Leroy	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Mittoo, Jackie	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Allen, Lillian	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Osbourne, Johnny	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Gayle, Otis	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Weekes, Tyrone	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Logan, Skipper	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Wallace, Enid	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Lindsay, Balford	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Gayle, Otis	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Smith, Ernie*	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Brown, Leroy	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
King, Norma	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Sibbles, Leroy	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Sibbles, Leroy	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Mittoo, Jackie	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Smith, Ernie*	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Allen, Lillian	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67	01:07
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Bennett, Jo Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Webber, Cynthia	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Jackson, R. Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Sibbles, Leroy	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Mittoo, Jackie	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Sibbles, Leroy	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Mittoo, Jackie	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Kwizera, Ezra	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Mittoo, Jackie	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67	03:11
Brown, Leroy	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Cates, Demo	Lady	Lady	03:26
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Ricketts, Glen	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Weekes, Tyrone	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Weekes, Tyrone	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Weekes, Tyrone	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Mittoo, Jackie	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67	05:56
Earth, Roots And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Allen, Lillian	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Martin, Stan	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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