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
Ali, Naya	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Hart, Winston	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Mittoo, Jackie	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Bennett, Jo Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Ali, Naya	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Brown, Leroy	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Pitter, Jahlin (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Weekes, Tyrone	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Banton, George	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Brown, Leroy	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ricketts, Glen	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Ricketts, Glen	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67	01:07
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Sibbles, Leroy	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Webber, Cynthia	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Hart, Winston	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Lewis, Hopeton*	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Gibbon, Leroy	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Bennett, Jo Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Mittoo, Jackie	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Gibbon, Leroy	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
El Kady, Pellegrin	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Brown, Leroy	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Mittoo, Jackie	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Bennett, Jo Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Mittoo, Jackie	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
White, Christine Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Gibbon, Leroy	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Smith, Ernie*	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Gibbon, Leroy	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67	01:51
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Earth, Roots And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Sibbles, Leroy	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Smith, Ernie*	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Sibbles, Leroy	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Sibbles, Leroy	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Rollins, Priscilla*	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Osbourne, Johnny	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Conyers, Lorenzo	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Ricketts, Glen	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Smart, Howie	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Jackson, R. Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Mittoo, Jackie	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Allen, Lillian	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Mittoo, Jackie	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Rollins, Priscilla*	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Harvey, Carl	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Lindsay, Balford	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Brown, Leroy	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Brown, Leroy	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Hart, Winston	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Brown, Leroy	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Smart, Howie	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
McGhie, Wayne	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43

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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