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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Sibbles, Leroy	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Jackson, R. Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Brown, Leroy	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Burgess, Ivan	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Conyers, Lorenzo	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Brown, Leroy	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Webber, Cynthia	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Sibbles, Leroy	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Gibbon, Leroy	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Mittoo, Jackie	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Smith, Ernie*	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Mickle, Samuel	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Jackson, R. Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Banton, George	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Brown, Leroy	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Gibbon, Leroy	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Brown, Leroy	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Mittoo, Jackie	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Sibbles, Leroy	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Brown, Leroy	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Earth, Roots And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Brown, Leroy	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Spence, Julie	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Lindsay, Balford	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Sibbles, Leroy	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Ricketts, Glen	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Ali, Naya	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Sibbles, Leroy	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
McGhie, Wayne	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Hewitt, Winston	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Mittoo, Jackie	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Conyers, Lorenzo	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Webber, Merlene	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Sandy, Peter	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Mittoo, Jackie	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Hewitt, Winston	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Gayle, Otis	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Mittoo, Jackie	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Mittoo, Jackie	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Sibbles, Leroy	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Hewitt, Winston	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Weekes, Tyrone	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Cates, Demo	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67	01:07
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Ali, Naya	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Mittoo, Jackie	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Allen, Lillian	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67	02:41
Smith, Ernie*	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Jackson, R. Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Mittoo, Jackie	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Cates, Demo	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Shaw, Barry	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Allen, Lillian	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Hewitt, Winston	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Jackson, R. Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Osbourne, Johnny	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
McGhie, Wayne	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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