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
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
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
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55

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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