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)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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