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
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Wesli	Koté Nou Yé (Remix)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:11
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Wesli	Marijo	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:19
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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