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
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Leroy Gibbon	Lover's Question	Four Season Lover	02:55
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Lamentations	Oral Culture	06:21
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29

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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