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
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:05
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Ezra Kwizera	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Wesli	Makonay	Tradisyon	04:32
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55

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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