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
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	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
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47

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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