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
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Demo Cates	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
David Thiaw	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Howie Smart	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	07:43
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Wesli	Ay Lina	Tradisyon	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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