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	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan (dance mix)	Tour to Africa	09:09
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Boule Noire	Black Tracks (C'est Ton Tour)	Reggae	04:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	SMT	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:17
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Gemini Brass	Lady Love	Keep on the Right Side	05:37
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Demo Cates	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Gemini Brass	Her Majesty	Keep on the Right Side	05:10
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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