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
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Sam T.	Ebesesa	Mayenkatam	08:08
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Lorenzo Conyers	Five Minutes More	With Love From Lorenzo	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01

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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