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
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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