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
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00

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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