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
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47

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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