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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Ricketts, Glen	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Brown, Leroy	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Kwizera, Ezra	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
White, Christine Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Brown, Leroy	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Sibbles, Leroy	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Osbourne, Johnny	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Mittoo, Jackie	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Mittoo, Jackie	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Mittoo, Jackie	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Gibbon, Leroy	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Earth, Roots And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Ricketts, Glen	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Conyers, Lorenzo	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
White, Christine Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Jackson, R. Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Brown, Leroy	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Mittoo, Jackie	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Allen, Lillian	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Hart, Winston	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Hewitt, Winston	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Hart, Winston	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Sibbles, Leroy	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:26
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Sibbles, Leroy	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Martin, Stan	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Mittoo, Jackie	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Bennett, Jo Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Brown, Leroy	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Ali, Naya	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Brown, Leroy	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Weekes, Tyrone	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Hewitt, Winston	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Sibbles, Leroy	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Ricketts, Glen	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
I.D.	I Have Something to Say (To You)	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	02:48
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Mittoo, Jackie	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Harvey, Carl	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Cates, Demo	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Harvey, Carl	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Weekes, Tyrone	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Smart, Howie	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Brown, Leroy	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Mittoo, Jackie	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Smart, Howie	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Ricketts, Glen	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Boule Noire	Je T'Emmene	Reggae	03:13
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Webber, Merlene	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Everytime I Feel the Spirit	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:56
Mittoo, Jackie	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Tum Tum	Tour to Africa	03:50
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Sibbles, Leroy	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67	05:56
Hewitt, Winston	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Thiaw, David	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Banton, George	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Sibbles, Leroy	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Mittoo, Jackie	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Earth, Roots And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Smart, Howie	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Webber, Cynthia	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Smith, Ernie*	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Cates, Demo	Lady	Lady	03:26
Mittoo, Jackie	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Webber, Cynthia	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Allen, Lillian	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

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Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

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Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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