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
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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