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 Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Love You Baby	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:19
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Rock & Come In	03:39
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50

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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