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
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Wesli	Soufle Van Yé	Tradisyon	03:40
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49

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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