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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Allen, Lillian	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Sibbles, Leroy	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Sibbles, Leroy	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Brown, Leroy	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Earth, Roots 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
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Sibbles, Leroy	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Cates, Demo	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Mittoo, Jackie	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Hart, Winston	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Osbourne, Johnny	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Mittoo, Jackie	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Mittoo, Jackie	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
McGhie, Wayne	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Brown, Leroy	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Mickle, Samuel	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Gayle, Otis	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Sibbles, Leroy	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Lovejoy, Sid	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Lovejoy, Sid	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Conyers, Lorenzo	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Ali, Naya	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Hewitt, Winston	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Hewitt, Winston	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Cates, Demo	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Webber, Merlene	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Ricketts, Glen	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Brown, Leroy	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Wallace, Enid	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Mittoo, Jackie	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Jackson, R. Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Mittoo, Jackie	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Hewitt, Winston	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Sandy, Peter	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Allen, Lillian	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67	03:40
Earth, Roots And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Sandy, Peter	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Mittoo, Jackie	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
King, Norma	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Cates, Demo	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Sibbles, Leroy	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Cates, Demo	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Mittoo, Jackie	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Ali, Naya	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Hewitt, Winston	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Mittoo, Jackie	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Mittoo, Jackie	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Kwizera, Ezra	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Mittoo, Jackie	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Lindsay, Balford	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Burgess, Ivan	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Sibbles, Leroy	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Jackson, R. Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Earth, Roots And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
White, Christine Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Rollins, Priscilla*	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Harvey, Carl	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Allen, Lillian	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Cates, Demo	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Lindsay, Balford	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Bennett, Jo Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Allen, Lillian	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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