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	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Winston Hart	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kilimanjaro	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:46
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Wesli	Nan Lakoua	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:03
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01

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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