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
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Niata	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:02
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58

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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