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
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

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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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