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
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32

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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