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
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Lookin’ for a Girl	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:55
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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