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
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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