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
Burgess, Ivan	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67	05:56
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Mittoo, Jackie	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Mercury, Vic	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Smith, Ernie*	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Kwizera, Ezra	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Webber, Merlene	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Mittoo, Jackie	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Jackson, R. Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Gibbon, Leroy	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Allen, Lillian	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Chambers, Desmond	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Jackson, R. Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Sibbles, Leroy	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Hewitt, Winston	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Mittoo, Jackie	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Ali, Naya	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Jackson, R. Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Hart, Winston	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Rollins, Priscilla*	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Mittoo, Jackie	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Allen, Lillian	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Ricketts, Glen	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Hart, Winston	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Sibbles, Leroy	Singerman	Now	03:33
Jackson, R. Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Jackson, R. Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Anthony, Mike	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Mittoo, Jackie	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Osbourne, Johnny	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
White, Christine Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Mittoo, Jackie	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Hewitt, Winston	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Gayle, Otis	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Wallace, Enid	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Allen, Lillian	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Mittoo, Jackie	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Earth, Roots And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Smart, Howie	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Webber, Merlene	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Banton, George	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Mittoo, Jackie	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Hart, Winston	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Brown, Leroy	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Weekes, Tyrone	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Pitter, Jahlin (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Mittoo, Jackie	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Gibbon, Leroy	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Ellis, Noel	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
El Kady, Pellegrin	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Brown, Leroy	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Banton, George	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Sibbles, Leroy	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Lindsay, Balford	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Smart, Howie	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Sibbles, Leroy	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Brown, Leroy	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Brown, Leroy	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Sibbles, Leroy	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Cates, Demo	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Osborne, Johnny & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Mittoo, Jackie	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29

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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