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
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Wesli	Lumanjayé	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:21
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39

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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