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
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Ezra Kwizera	Mama	Himbaza Uwera	04:42
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:43
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Enid Wallace	Beat the Real Thing	Sweet Lips	03:09
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Stranger Cole	Teeth and Tonge	The Patriot	04:25
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Wesli	Nèg Dahome	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:14
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	03:00
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Reaching Out With Love	Reach Out With Love	05:19
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Barry Shaw	Summer Love	Summer Love	04:16
I.D.	Sonyman Walking	I Have Something to Say (To You) b/w Sonyman Walking	03:12
Junior Miller	Look How Long	Look How Long	06:51
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Demo Cates	Just the Way You Are	Lady	03:28
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Gemini Brass	I Believe You	Keep on the Right Side	06:15
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Everyday	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:51
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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