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
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
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
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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