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
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Mittoo, Jackie	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Gayle, Otis	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Extavour, Hugh Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Rollins, Priscilla*	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Smart, Howie	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Ricketts, Glen	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Sibbles, Leroy	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Banton, George	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Brown, Leroy	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Ricketts, Glen	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Kwizera, Ezra	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Ali, Naya	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Gayle, Otis	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Burgess, Ivan	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Ricketts, Glen	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Mittoo, Jackie	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Sibbles, Leroy	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Mittoo, Jackie	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Logan, Skipper	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Sibbles, Leroy	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Gibbon, Leroy	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Kwizera, Ezra	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Mittoo, Jackie	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Anthony, Mike	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Webber, Merlene	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Chambers, Desmond	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Osbourne, Johnny	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Brown, Leroy	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Banton, George	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Ali, Naya	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Sibbles, Leroy	Singerman	Now	03:33
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Mittoo, Jackie	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Mittoo, Jackie	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Cates, Demo	Lady	Lady	03:26
Harvey, Carl	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Osbourne, Johnny	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Gayle, Otis	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Sibbles, Leroy	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Banton, George	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Smart, Howie	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Jackson, R. Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Webber, Merlene	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Brown, Leroy	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Sibbles, Leroy	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Mittoo, Jackie	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Brown, Jerry	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Bennett, Jo Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Sibbles, Leroy	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Cates, Demo	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Webber, Cynthia	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Sibbles, Leroy	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Brown, Leroy	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Lewis, Hopeton*	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Mittoo, Jackie	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Smart, Howie	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Ali, Naya	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51

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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