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
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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