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
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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