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
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Ivan Burgess	Love Me Always	Wanderin' With	02:06
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Ivan Burgess	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Afro-Caribbean Singers	One More Mountain To Climb	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:46
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Risco Connections	Bringing Out The Sunshine	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:44
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Ezra Kwizera	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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