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
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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