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
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
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
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
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
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Demo Cates	Ready to Take a Chance Again	Lady	02:33
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20

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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