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
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Leroy Gibbon	She's My Baby	Four Season Lover	03:01
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Fat Chants	When the Rivers are Hot	People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot	05:01
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Some Luvin	Oral Culture	03:38
Oral Fuentes Reggae Band	Lamentations	Oral Culture	06:21
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Shams	Wadadhush Min Zaman	Ayoban	06:15
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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