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
Thiaw, David	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Lindsay, Balford	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Smart, Howie	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67	02:41
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Mittoo, Jackie	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67	05:56
Webber, Merlene	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Hart, Winston	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Anthony, Mike	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Lee, Ras	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Ricketts, Glen	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Banton, George	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Cates, Demo	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Brown, Leroy	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Jackson, R. Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Bennett, Jo Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Sibbles, Leroy	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Burgess, Ivan	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Sibbles, Leroy	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Cates, Demo	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Smith, Ernie*	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Mittoo, Jackie	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Conyers, Lorenzo	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Smith, Ernie*	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Ali, Naya	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Spence, Julie	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Mittoo, Jackie	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Brown, Leroy	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Cates, Demo	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Mercury, Vic	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Weekes, Tyrone	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Brown, Leroy	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Chambers, Desmond	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Rollins, Priscilla*	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Gayle, Otis	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Mittoo, Jackie	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Sibbles, Leroy	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Anthony, Mike	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Brown, Leroy	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Brown, Leroy	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Ellis, Noel	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Allen, Lillian	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Earth, Roots And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Conyers, Lorenzo	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Mittoo, Jackie	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Sibbles, Leroy	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Gayle, Otis	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Lindsay, Balford	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Rollins, Priscilla*	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Sibbles, Leroy	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67	01:36
Weekes, Tyrone	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Bennett, Jo Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Harvey, Carl	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Brown, Leroy	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Mittoo, Jackie	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20

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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