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
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

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Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

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Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

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Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

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Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

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Stranger Cole - The Patriot

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Stranger Cole - Capture Land

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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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