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
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Vibraçao	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Winston Hewitt	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
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Demo Cates	Stealing Love	Stealing Love	05:20
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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