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
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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