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
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Winston Hart	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25

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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