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
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Tears On the Dancefloor	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:20
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Cold War	It's a Revelation	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Boule Noire	La Loi De Jah	Reggae	03:57
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Singer Man	Reggae Exposed	03:21
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Leroy Gibbon	Samfie Girl	Four Season Lover	03:30
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Compilation	Agyemang B. Opambuo - Obi Manso	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:31
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:38
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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