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
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Arawak	Music in the Making	Music in the Making b/w New Day	03:38
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Bedouin Soundclash	Rolling Stone	Light the Horizon	03:22
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Tropical All Stars	Piper Son	Piper Son b/w Invitation	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Color Barrier	02:52
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Leroy Gibbon	Four Season Lover	Four Season Lover	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
David Thiaw	African Skies (Lullaby for a Mask)	African Skies	08:32
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Ivan Burgess	I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:15
Demo Cates	Guilty	Lady	03:14
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Compilation	Sam T - Magye Me Girl	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:48
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Clarke & George	Babylon Dread	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	04:15
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Hobey Laik "My Love for You"	Hobey Laik	03:30
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Peace Forever	Hobey Laik	03:47
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Naya Ali	Jericho (Break) (Naya Ali feat. Kim Richardson & Kim Richardson)	We Did The Damn Thing	01:24
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Religion Désir	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:31
Bedouin Soundclash	The Quick & The Dead	Light the Horizon	02:13
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Tyrone Weekes	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Ezra Kwizera	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Howie Smart	Lonely Little Girl	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:32
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Ivan Burgess	Goodbye My Baby	Wanderin' With	02:50
Howie Smart	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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Oral Fuentes Reggae Band - Oral Culture

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Shams - Ayoban

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Fat Chants - People's Food Song b/w When the Rivers are Hot

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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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