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
Customers	Country Ska	ST (EP)	01:23
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Balford Lindsay	Love Me Now	Memories of Her Love	03:52
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Leroy Gibbon	This Magic Moment	Four Season Lover	03:40
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay Dub Version	Rosana	09:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Balford Lindsay	Please Don't Make Me Do (Something Bad to You)	Memories of Her Love	03:28
Confrontation	Take Me Away	A New Day	04:19
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
David Thiaw	Bindul Africa - Stand Up and be Counted	African Skies	04:29
Lorenzo Conyers	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Ivan Burgess	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:32
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Howie Smart	True Sound	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:08
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mami Wata	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	05:14
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Imparfait	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	02:59
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Pluggy Satchmo	Blueberry Hill	Porridge	04:08
Tyrone Weekes	I Love You True	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:15
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Syren	The One	The One	05:44
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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