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
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Faith	Hobey Laik	04:02
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Naya Ali	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips (Version)	Sweet Lips	03:32
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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