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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67	02:21
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67	01:51
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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George Banton - The Soul of Toronto

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Johnny Osbourne - First Trumpet

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Leroy Brown - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Skipper Logan - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Leroy Gibbon - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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George Banton - I'm Still In Love With You

Patrick Roots - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Mike Anthony - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Leroy Sibbles - Mean While

Dennis Walton - Sweeter Love

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Glen Ricketts - Rise Up

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Barry Shaw - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Leroy Sibbles - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Rod Williams & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Samuel Mickle - Slave Man

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Winston Hart - Genuine Love

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Leroy Sibbles - It's Not Over

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Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Howie Smart - Rock & Come In

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Roots Earth And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Leroy Brown - Genuine Love

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