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
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Gemini Brass	Say You Love Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:26
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Naya Ali	The Seeds - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:21
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Ezra Kwizera	If My People	Himbaza Uwera	04:22
Milton Douglas	Unity	Can't Trust No One	04:19
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sahara	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:16
Ezra Kwizera	Devil Down	Himbaza Uwera	03:09
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Demo Cates	Love Is So Good	Stealing Love	08:11
Confrontation	Richmann Dubb	A New Day	03:33
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Milton Douglas	Why Did You Change Your Mind (Version)	Can't Trust No One	03:56
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Wesli	Pou fanm saa	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:28
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02

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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