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
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Danny Rank	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
Leroy Sibbles	Lying Girl	Strictly Roots	06:19
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08

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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