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
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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