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
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Shams	Orti Tuyatchbah	Ayoban	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Shams	Wadadhush Min Zaman	Ayoban	06:15
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39

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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