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
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Delixx	Puff the Proletariat	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	03:58
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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