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
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Winston Hart	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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