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
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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