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
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39

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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