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
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Balford Lindsay	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Makambo Ya Gaga (Skit)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	00:09
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Leaving it Up to You	It's a Revelation	03:53
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12

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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