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
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Shams	Wadadhush Min Zaman	Ayoban	06:15
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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