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	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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