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
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

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Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

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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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