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
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Conyers, Lorenzo	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Osbourne, Johnny	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Brown, Leroy	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Lindsay, Balford	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Ricketts, Glen	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Brown, Leroy	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Gayle, Otis	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Martin, Stan	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Conyers, Lorenzo	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Osbourne, Johnny	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
White, Christine Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Mittoo, Jackie	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Jackson, R. Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Smart, Howie	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Thiaw, David	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Mittoo, Jackie	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Gibbon, Leroy	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Mittoo, Jackie	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Brown, Leroy	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Mittoo, Jackie	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Shaw, Barry	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Jackson, Bert	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Sibbles, Leroy	Stay	On Top	03:30
McGhie, Wayne	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Sibbles, Leroy	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Burgess, Ivan	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Lindsay, Balford	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Smith, Ernie*	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
El Kady, Pellegrin	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Allen, Lillian	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Jackson, R. Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Mittoo, Jackie	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Hart, Winston	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Banton, George	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Brown, Leroy	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Gibbon, Leroy	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Harvey, Carl	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Jackson, R. Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Sandy, Peter	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Heptone, Barry and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67	06:02
Mittoo, Jackie	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Gibbon, Leroy	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Smith, Ernie*	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Sibbles, Leroy	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Gayle, Otis	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Bennett, Jo Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Mittoo, Jackie	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Gayle, Otis	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Gibbon, Leroy	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Smith, Ernie*	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Mittoo, Jackie	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14

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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