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
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Shams	Orti Tuyatchbah	Ayoban	04:01
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Naya Ali	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Shams - Ayoban

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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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