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
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

FEATURED

Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

FEATURED

Arawak - Music in the Making b/w New Day

FEATURED

Ishan People - Roots

FEATURED

Ishan People - ST

FEATURED

Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

FEATURED

Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

FEATURED

David Thiaw - African Skies

FEATURED

Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Stealing Love

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

FEATURED

Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

FEATURED

Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

FEATURED

Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

FEATURED

Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

FEATURED

Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

FEATURED

Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

FEATURED

Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

FEATURED

Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

FEATURED

Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

FEATURED

Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

FEATURED

Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

FEATURED

Messenjah - Cool Operator

FEATURED

Messenjah - Rock You High

FEATURED

Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

FEATURED

Sam T. - Mayenkatam

Comments