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
Gayle, Otis	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Chambers, Desmond	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Smith, Ernie*	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Brown, Leroy	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Allen, Lillian	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Gayle, Otis	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Gayle, Otis	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Mittoo, Jackie	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Mittoo, Jackie	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Mittoo, Jackie	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Cates, Demo	(Just Like) Starting Over	Lady	03:45
Mittoo, Jackie	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Sibbles, Leroy	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Mittoo, Jackie	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Sibbles, Leroy	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Sibbles, Leroy	Stay	On Top	03:30
Earth, Roots And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Rollins, Priscilla*	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Brown, Leroy	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Mittoo, Jackie	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Burgess, Ivan	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Mittoo, Jackie	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Spence, Julie	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Ali, Naya	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Burgess, Ivan	Outsider (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:32
Ricketts, Glen	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Allen, Lillian	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Lewis, Hopeton*	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Gayle, Otis	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Ellis, Noel	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Mittoo, Jackie	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Compilation	Leroy Sibbles - She Was Only Sixteen	Music Get To Your Brain	03:33
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Hewitt, Winston	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Mittoo, Jackie	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Mittoo, Jackie	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Spence, Julie	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
King, Norma	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Gibbon, Leroy	Cupid	Four Season Lover	03:53
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Harvey, Carl	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Webber, Merlene	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Mittoo, Jackie	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Clair De Lune	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:08
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Brown, Leroy	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	John Explains	It's a Revelation	04:54
Ali, Naya	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Mercury, Vic	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Burgess, Ivan	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Conyers, Lorenzo	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Sibbles, Leroy	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Hewitt, Winston	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Cates, Demo	Sukiyaki	Lady	03:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Mittoo, Jackie	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Messenjah	It's You	Cool... But Deadly	04:14
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Smith, Ernie*	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Mittoo, Jackie	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
Mittoo, Jackie	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Kwizera, Ezra	Wera Urera	Himbaza Uwera	04:46
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Sibbles, Leroy	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19

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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