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
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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