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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Brown, Leroy	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Sibbles, Leroy	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Cates, Demo	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Sibbles, Leroy	The System	Now	03:48
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Brown, Leroy	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Mittoo, Jackie	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Harvey, Carl	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Webber, Cynthia	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Allen, Lillian	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Ricketts, Glen	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
McGree, James	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Ali, Naya	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67	03:40
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Webber, Merlene	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Heptone, Leroy	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Jackson, R. Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Conyers, Lorenzo	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Hart, Winston	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Lee, Ras	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Brown, Leroy	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Ali, Naya	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Earth, Roots And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Osbourne, Johnny	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Mittoo, Jackie	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Earth, Roots And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Thiaw, David	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Brown, Leroy	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Rollins, Priscilla*	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Mittoo, Jackie	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Osbourne, Johnny	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Burgess, Ivan	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Sibbles, Leroy	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
White, Christine Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Mittoo, Jackie	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Allen, Lillian	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Bennett, Jo Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Harvey, Carl	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Cates, Demo	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Mittoo, Jackie	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Hart, Winston	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Sibbles, Leroy	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Rollins, Priscilla*	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Brown, Leroy	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Smith, Ernie*	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
El Kady, Pellegrin	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Ricketts, Glen	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Burgess, Ivan	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Mittoo, Jackie	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Mittoo, Jackie	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Mittoo, Jackie	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Mittoo, Jackie	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Bennett, Jo Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Extavour, Hugh Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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