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 Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Demo Cates	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33

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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