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
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Balford Lindsay	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Howie Smart	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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