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
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Ivan Burgess	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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