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
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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