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
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Karamchand Maharaj	Roll Up De Tassa	Innovations 4	05:21
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44

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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