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
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
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
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40

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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