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
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Milton Douglas	Unity	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
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
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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