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
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
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
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

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Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

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Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

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Karamchand Maharaj - Innovations 4

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Milton Douglas - Can't Trust No One

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Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

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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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