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
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The Patriot

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Capture Land

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

FEATURED

Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

FEATURED

Arawak - Music in the Making b/w New Day

FEATURED

Ishan People - Roots

FEATURED

Ishan People - ST

FEATURED

Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

FEATURED

Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

FEATURED

David Thiaw - African Skies

FEATURED

Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Stealing Love

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

FEATURED

Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

FEATURED

Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

FEATURED

Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

FEATURED

Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

FEATURED

Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

FEATURED

Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

Comments