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
Priscilla* Rollins	Going Out of My Head Over You	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:24
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Leroy Gibbon	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Ras Lee	Lover's Violence	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	03:19
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Wesli	Ilé	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:56
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Lorenzo Conyers	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Lorenzo Conyers	Take My Hand	With Love From Lorenzo	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Ivan Burgess	Like My Heart	Wanderin' With	01:53
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Ras Lee	Moonlight Lover	Moonlight Lover // Lover's Violence-Dub Violence	06:54
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Bedouin Soundclash	Elongo	Light the Horizon	03:17
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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