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
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Lindsay, Balford	Stealing Love	Can't Fight Love	06:55
Bedouin Soundclash	Mountain Top	Light the Horizon	03:16
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Mittoo, Jackie	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Phase IV	Redemption Song	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	06:43
Banton, George	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Hewitt, Winston	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Ricketts, Glen	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Mittoo, Jackie	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Mittoo, Jackie	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Gibbon, Leroy	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Jackson, R. Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Smart, Howie	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Hewitt, Winston	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Hewitt, Winston	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Mittoo, Jackie	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Mittoo, Jackie	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Gemini Brass	Disco Soca Music	Keep on the Right Side	06:02
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Brown, Leroy	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Hart, Winston	Shelter From the Storm	Genuine Love	03:28
Lovejoy, Sid	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Jackson, R. Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Hart, Winston	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Spence, Julie	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Hol' Him Joe	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:23
Hewitt, Winston	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Ricketts, Glen	Happens All the Time	Rise Up	04:06
Smith, Ernie*	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Thiaw, David	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Banton, George	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Smart, Howie	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Anthony, Mike	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Papa Wemba	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:49
Ali, Naya	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Brown, Leroy	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Sibbles, Leroy	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Hewitt, Winston	Stealin' Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:24
Mittoo, Jackie	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Sibbles, Leroy	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Mittoo, Jackie	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Ricketts, Glen	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Jackson, R. Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Hart, Winston	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Villains	Urban Skins	Life of Crime	03:19
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Chambers, Desmond	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Zinjeah	Tour to Africa	03:34
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Ambiance (Ndombolo)	Tears On The Dancefloor	02:01
Hart, Winston	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Roots, Patrick	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Bennett, Jo Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Burgess, Ivan	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Sibbles, Leroy	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Allen, Lillian	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Wesli	La Vi Dwòl	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Mittoo, Jackie	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67	05:42
Rollins, Priscilla*	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Burgess, Ivan	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Cates, Demo	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
White, Christine Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
King, Norma	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Hart, Winston	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Jackson, R. Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46

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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