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
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Shams	Ayoban	Ayoban	05:06
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
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
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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