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
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Fat Chants	People's Food Song	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	03:03
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Winston Hart	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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