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
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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