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
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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