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
Syren	Higher Love	The One	04:33
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Compilation	Dennis Green - Wanted Man	Music Get To Your Brain	02:39
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Karamchand Maharaj	Jhoothi Jagdi Preet	Innovations 4	05:17
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Gemini Brass	Woman, Woman	Keep on the Right Side	05:21
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
R. Jackson Zee	Labba Labba	Trodding	02:59
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Demo Cates	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Now I Wonder	Reach Out With Love	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Milton Douglas	Diseases	Can't Trust No One	04:18
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

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Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

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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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