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
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Karamchand Maharaj	Chaandi Jaisa	Innovations 4	04:14
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Lorenzo Conyers	That's a No No	With Love From Lorenzo	03:42
Pellegrin El Kady	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Maame Felicia Konadu	Ma Menka	Ma Menka	07:47
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Wesli	Trouba Ewa	Tradisyon	05:16
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Ivan Burgess	Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Popolipo	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
George Banton	I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby	I'm Still In Love With You	03:42
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Demo Cates	Mr Success	Stealing Love	03:48
Demo Cates	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Bedouin Soundclash	May You Be The Road	Light the Horizon	03:04
Naya Ali	Freedom Creepin' (feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé)	We Did The Damn Thing	02:49
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Priscilla* Rollins	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Your Dream	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:38
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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