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
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53

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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