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
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
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
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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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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