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
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09

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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