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
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

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Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

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Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

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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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