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
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04

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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