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
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Shams	Orti Tuyatchbah	Ayoban	04:01
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Shams	Olé Zan	Ayoban	05:25
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Oh Happy Day	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:37
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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