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
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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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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