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
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Karamchand Maharaj - Innovations 4

FEATURED

Milton Douglas - Can't Trust No One

FEATURED

Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The Patriot

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Capture Land

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

FEATURED

Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

FEATURED

Arawak - Music in the Making b/w New Day

FEATURED

Ishan People - Roots

FEATURED

Ishan People - ST

FEATURED

Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

FEATURED

Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

FEATURED

David Thiaw - African Skies

FEATURED

Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Stealing Love

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

FEATURED

Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

Comments