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
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
David Thiaw	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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