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
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Wesli	Tifi a Leve	Tradisyon	04:13
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Kuna Na Goma	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:51
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Peter Sandy	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Peter Sandy	I'll be the One	Sweet Music	03:48
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

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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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