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
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Ras Lee	Dub Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:20
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Karamchand Maharaj	Dharka Hai Dil	Innovations 4	04:14
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46

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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