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
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Wesli	Kay Koulé Trouba	Tradisyon	04:36
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Balford Lindsay	Don't Play That Song (Reggae Medley)	Memories of Her Love	03:44
Boule Noire	J'aime Ca quand Tu Me Fais Ca	Reggae	03:35
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Unity	Tour to Africa	03:08
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Ezra Kwizera	Mbwira	Himbaza Uwera	04:23
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Confrontation	Weeping Woman	A New Day	03:36
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Tyrone Weekes	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Come Into my Life	Reggae Exposed	04:11
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Take Warning	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:05
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
ShowDoMan	Itebe	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Deep River	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:22
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Junior Miller	Look How Long (version)	Look How Long	05:54
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Howie Smart	Yes Yes	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:30
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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