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
Jackson, R. Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Ricketts, Glen	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Sibbles, Leroy	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Jackson, R. Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Chambers, Desmond	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Ricketts, Glen	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Ali, Naya	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Anthony, Mike	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Brown, Leroy	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Gayle, Otis	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Thiaw, David	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Mittoo, Jackie	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Mittoo, Jackie	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Brown, Leroy	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Wallace, Enid	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Bennett, Jo Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Sibbles, Leroy	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Ali, Naya	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67	01:51
Earth, Roots And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Osbourne, Johnny	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Mittoo, Jackie	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Burgess, Ivan	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Johnson, Penny	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Gibbon, Leroy	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Webber, Cynthia	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Mittoo, Jackie	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Burgess, Ivan	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Lovejoy, Sid	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Mittoo, Jackie	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Weekes, Tyrone	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Webber, Cynthia	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Sibbles, Leroy	Stay	On Top	03:30
Banton, George	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Allen, Lillian	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Ali, Naya	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Kwizera, Ezra	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Thiaw, David	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Sibbles, Leroy	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Heptone, Barry and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Smart, Howie	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Mittoo, Jackie	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Smart, Howie	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67	02:41
Brown, Leroy	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Mittoo, Jackie	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Smart, Howie	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Thiaw, David	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Jackson, R. Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Extavour, Hugh Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Sibbles, Leroy	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Osbourne, Johnny	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Banton, George	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Anthony, Mike	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Anthony, Mike	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55

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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