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
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Lorenzo Conyers	Sway	With Love From Lorenzo	03:19
Naya Ali	Open Fire	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Leroy Gibbon	Missing You	Four Season Lover	03:44
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Heartbeat	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:05
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Jenob El Sudan	Tour to Africa	04:17
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Sattalites	Taylor Made	Miracles	04:59
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Just After Jack	In Perspective	09:20
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Balford Lindsay	Stealing Love (reggae)	Can't Fight Love	06:31
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
David Thiaw	Neighbour	African Skies	05:39
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Pellegrin El Kady	Sunguila (Extase)	Sunguila	03:40
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Licking Stick	Reggae Exposed	04:25
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ego (Lazy Flow remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	04:14
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Maadi "The Past"	Hobey Laik	06:14
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Demo Cates	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Sattalites	The Reason Why	Miracles	04:07
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Enid Wallace	Sweet Lips	Sweet Lips	03:24
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
David Thiaw	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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