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
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Wesli	Kadja Kadja	Tradisyon	03:41
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
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Narrow Road	It's a Revelation	03:05
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Tropical All Stars	Invitation	Piper Son b/w Invitation	02:36
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Just for You	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Leroy Gibbon	Build Up the Vibes	Four Season Lover	03:50
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Rod Williams & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Freedom Street	Reggae Exposed	02:42
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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