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
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Karamchand Maharaj	Papa Kahtay Hai	Innovations 4	05:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Karamchand Maharaj	Koi Na Jaane	Innovations 4	04:25
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	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

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

FEATURED

Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

FEATURED

Karamchand Maharaj - Innovations 4

FEATURED

Milton Douglas - Can't Trust No One

FEATURED

Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - The Patriot

FEATURED

Stranger Cole - Capture Land

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

FEATURED

Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

FEATURED

Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

FEATURED

Arawak - Music in the Making b/w New Day

FEATURED

Ishan People - Roots

FEATURED

Ishan People - ST

FEATURED

Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

FEATURED

Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

FEATURED

David Thiaw - African Skies

FEATURED

Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Lady

FEATURED

Demo Cates - Stealing Love

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

FEATURED

Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

FEATURED

Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

Comments