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
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
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
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Winston Hart	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07

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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