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
Mittoo, Jackie	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Brown, Leroy	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Brown, Leroy	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Hart, Winston	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Mittoo, Jackie	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Mittoo, Jackie	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Lovejoy, Sid	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Brown, Leroy	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Sibbles, Leroy	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Mittoo, Jackie	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Jackson, R. Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Conyers, Lorenzo	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
White, Christine Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Bennett, Jo Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Mittoo, Jackie	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Burgess, Ivan	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Smith, Ernie*	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Banton, George	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Gayle, Otis	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Brown, Leroy	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Hewitt, Winston	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Chambers, Desmond	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Ali, Naya	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Hewitt, Winston	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Earth, Roots And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Mittoo, Jackie	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Sibbles, Leroy	The System	Now	03:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Ali, Naya	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Earth, Roots And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67	03:40
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Weekes, Tyrone	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Weekes, Tyrone	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Mittoo, Jackie	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Ratherford, Michael	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Kwizera, Ezra	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Mittoo, Jackie	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Banton, George	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Jackson, R. Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Burgess, Ivan	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Sibbles, Leroy	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Webber, Cynthia	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Mittoo, Jackie	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Sandy, Peter	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Osbourne, Johnny	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Sibbles, Leroy	Be a Man	Now	04:00
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Mittoo, Jackie	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Mittoo, Jackie	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Mittoo, Jackie	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Sibbles, Leroy	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Mittoo, Jackie	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Jackson, R. Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Mittoo, Jackie	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Burgess, Ivan	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Rollins, Priscilla*	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Mittoo, Jackie	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Osborne, Johnny & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Webber, Merlene	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17

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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