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
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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