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
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Compilation	Wofa Agyei - Twa Me Last	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	07:49
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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