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
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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