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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Osbourne, Johnny	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Sibbles, Leroy	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Sibbles, Leroy	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Sibbles, Leroy	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Earth, Roots And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Mittoo, Jackie	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Brown, Leroy	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Mittoo, Jackie	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67	01:07
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Earth, Roots And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Gibbon, Leroy	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Jackson, Bert	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Earth, Roots And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Weekes, Tyrone	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
El Kady, Pellegrin	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Brown, Leroy	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Smith, Ernie*	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Smart, Howie	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Brown, Leroy	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Smart, Howie	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67	03:11
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Sibbles, Leroy	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Burgess, Ivan	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Conyers, Lorenzo	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Mittoo, Jackie	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Allen, Lillian	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Brown, Leroy	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Burgess, Ivan	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Allen, Lillian	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Banton, George	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Hart, Winston	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Gayle, Otis	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Kwizera, Ezra	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Kwizera, Ezra	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Lindsay, Balford	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Jackson, R. Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Mittoo, Jackie	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Logan, Skipper	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Cates, Demo	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Mickle, Samuel	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Sibbles, Leroy	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Hewitt, Winston	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Lindsay, Balford	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Sibbles, Leroy	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Mittoo, Jackie	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Mittoo, Jackie	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Sibbles, Leroy	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Brown, Leroy	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Gayle, Otis	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Brown, Leroy	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Allen, Lillian	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Logan, Skipper	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Smith, Ernie*	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Jackson, R. Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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