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
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Wesli	Legba	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:16
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Sam T.	Fawaonsa Beto	Mayenkatam	07:16
Ivan Burgess	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Naya Ali	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Patrick Roots	Jah My Keeper	Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Ezra Kwizera	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Peter Sandy	Get Up Girl	Sweet Music	04:13
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Balford Lindsay	This Time They Told the Truth	Can't Fight Love	04:54
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Customers	Hold Me	ST (EP)	01:58
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Tyrone Weekes	My Only Island	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:07
Demo Cates	Lady	Lady	03:26
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Medley: Tie Me Donkey Down De, Bo Bo Let Me Go, Si Si Moriah	Sun Spirit and Soul	04:44
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Compilation	Sky P - Mo Mma Me Ndi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:06
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Howie Smart	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

FEATURED

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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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