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
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
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
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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