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
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24

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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