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
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Karamchand Maharaj	Ham Safar Mere	Innovations 4	03:35
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
R. Man Prince And The Soul Foundation	Everyone Has Got To Go	Everyone Has Got To Go b/w Everyone Has Got To Go Super Bionic Version!	00:27
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Ezra Kwizera	Sometimes (Remix)	Himbaza Uwera	04:01
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Wesli	Ti manman	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:29
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Wesli	Eya Hé	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Hugh Extavour Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Ivan Burgess	Juanita	Wanderin' With	02:34
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00

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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