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 Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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