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
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Milton Douglas	Can't Trust No One	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Look Before You Leap	Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby	02:12
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Lorenzo Conyers	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07

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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