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
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Belize	Oral Culture	03:20
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Shams	Olé Zan	Ayoban	05:25
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	They Don't Know	Oral Culture	04:10
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:16
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Shams	Min Mat Karena	Ayoban	04:53
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48

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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