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
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Boule Noire	De La Plage Au Coeur Du Ghetto	Reggae	03:14
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08

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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