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
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Wesli	Kontém Rakontém (Hommage à Eric Charles)	Tradisyon	05:20
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Lorenzo Conyers	A Man	With Love From Lorenzo	04:20
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Light of Peace	Hobey Laik	04:01
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Confrontation	Never Give Up The Fight	A New Day	03:47
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Hugh Extavour Unit	Hypnotic Drum Machine	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	07:37
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Penny Johnson	Kiss and Say Goodbye	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	05:38
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Why Can't I touch You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:50
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Balford Lindsay	Something Good Is Going On	Memories of Her Love	03:02
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Peter Sandy	Sweet Music	Sweet Music	04:39
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Leroy Gibbon	Why Are You Going	Four Season Lover	03:12
Wesli	La Pèson	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:42
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Ivan Burgess	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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