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
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Balford Lindsay	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Bedouin Soundclash	Follow The Sun	Light the Horizon	04:23
Wesli	Simbi	Tradisyon	04:26
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Risco Connections	Sitting In The Park	Sitting In The Park	05:26
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Love Strikes	It's a Revelation	04:05
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Naya Ali	Stunt Like an Immigrant (Naya Ali feat. Zibz & Zibz)	We Did The Damn Thing	03:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Naya Ali	The Heist	We Did The Damn Thing	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	No No No	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:00
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	The Camel	Hobey Laik	05:29
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Look Before You Leap b/w Love You Baby

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Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson) - Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne

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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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