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
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33

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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