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 Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind	Can't Trust No One	03:58
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Milton Douglas	Unity	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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