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
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
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
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Customers	International Relations	ST (EP)	02:03
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Sam T.	Mayenkatam	Mayenkatam	08:20
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
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
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gadar	Tour to Africa	04:29
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Balford Lindsay	Dark End of the Street	Can't Fight Love	05:39
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Awuraba Akosua	In Perspective	05:02
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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