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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Smart, Howie	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Lewis, Hopeton*	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Chambers, Desmond	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67	01:07
Ricketts, Glen	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Sibbles, Leroy	The System	Now	03:48
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Thiaw, David	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Gayle, Otis	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Mittoo, Jackie	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Banton, George	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Chambers, Desmond	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Lindsay, Balford	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Sibbles, Leroy	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Lovejoy, Sid	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Brown, Leroy	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Sibbles, Leroy	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Hart, Winston	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Rollins, Priscilla*	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Osbourne, Johnny	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Mittoo, Jackie	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67	02:58
Smith, Ernie*	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Sibbles, Leroy	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Sibbles, Leroy	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Smith, Ernie*	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Brown, Leroy	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Mittoo, Jackie	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Brown, Leroy	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Lindsay, Balford	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Brown, Leroy	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Sibbles, Leroy	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Gayle, Otis	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Cates, Demo	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Sandy, Peter	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Mittoo, Jackie	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Bennett, Jo Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Webber, Cynthia	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Hewitt, Winston	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
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Brown, Leroy	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Banton, George	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Conyers, Lorenzo	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Osbourne, Johnny	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Brown, Leroy	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Brown, Leroy	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Gayle, Otis	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Brown, Leroy	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Allen, Lillian	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Hewitt, Winston	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67	06:02
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Rank, Danny	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Sandy, Peter	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Jackson, R. Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Gayle, Otis	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Ricketts, Glen	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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