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
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
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
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39

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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