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
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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