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
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Lorenzo Conyers	I Only Have Eyes For You	With Love From Lorenzo	04:16
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Naya Ali	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Pellegrin El Kady	Seiva de carnaval	Sunguila	06:20
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Going Down Jordan	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:20
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Confrontation	It's a New Day	A New Day	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Syren	Village of Light	The One	04:59
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Bedouin Soundclash	A Chance Of Rain	Light the Horizon	04:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Ivan Burgess	Country Boy	Wanderin' With	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Gorba	Tour to Africa	03:28
Naya Ali	It's Us (Flowers To The Rain)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:19
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Top Ranking	Conquer	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	03:37
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Akwani	Tour to Africa	04:51
Wesli	Samba (Hommage à Azor Rasin Mapou)	Tradisyon	06:03
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Tyrone Weekes	Life is Love	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:35
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Wesli	Latibonit	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:23
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
George Banton	I Like The Things You Do	I'm Still In Love With You	02:59
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
Ivan Burgess	Tokio Wonderland	Wanderin' With	01:32
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Wesli	Marassa Dossou Dossa	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:34
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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