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
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
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
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Peter Sandy	Mr. D.J.	Sweet Music	03:34
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Demo Cates	Woman Needs Love	Lady	03:35
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Balford Lindsay	Hell Yes I Cheated	Memories of Her Love	03:40
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Glen Ricketts	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53

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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