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
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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