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
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	It's Pony	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:56
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
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
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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