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
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ewolo	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:56
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
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
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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