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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Thiaw, David	Aita Wili Ba	African Skies	03:47
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
El Kady, Pellegrin	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Tour to Africa	Tour to Africa	04:14
Ricketts, Glen	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Lindsay, Balford	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Lindsay, Balford	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Weekes, Tyrone	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Mittoo, Jackie	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Smart, Howie	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Ali, Naya	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Brown, Jerry	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Mittoo, Jackie	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Mittoo, Jackie	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Ali, Naya	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Chambers, Desmond	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Harvey, Carl	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Rollins, Priscilla*	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Hewitt, Winston	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Sandy, Peter	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Smith, Ernie*	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Gayle, Otis	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Jackson, R. Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Ricketts, Glen	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Weekes, Tyrone	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Ellis, Noel	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Lindsay, Balford	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Chambers, Desmond	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Earth, Roots And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Brown, Leroy	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Ali, Naya	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Mittoo, Jackie	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Hewitt, Winston	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Earth, Roots And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Sibbles, Leroy	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Banton, George	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Daughter of the Nile	Hobey Laik	04:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Mittoo, Jackie	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Ratherford, Michael	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Brown, Leroy	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Mittoo, Jackie	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Smart, Howie	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Brown, Leroy	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Bennett, Jo Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Gayle, Otis	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Martin, Stan	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Mittoo, Jackie	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Mittoo, Jackie	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Ali, Naya	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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