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
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Wesli	Blackman Samba	Blackman Samba	03:16
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
ShowDoMan	Trouble Trouble	Trouble, Trouble	05:13
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
ShowDoMan	Nathy	Trouble, Trouble	05:07
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Naya Ali	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Howie Smart	Caleeme	Rock & Come In	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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