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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Sibbles, Leroy	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Sibbles, Leroy	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Sibbles, Leroy	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Lovejoy, Sid	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Harvey, Carl	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Smart, Howie	Chu Wa Wa	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:39
Smith, Ernie*	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Mittoo, Jackie	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Ishan People	Inflation	ST	03:32
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Hewitt, Winston	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Mittoo, Jackie	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Mexico	Reggae Exposed	03:43
White, Christine Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Jackson, R. Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Smith, Ernie*	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Villains	Ska Music	Life of Crime	04:59
Sibbles, Leroy	Singerman	Now	03:33
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Osbourne, Johnny	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Mittoo, Jackie	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Spence, Julie	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Smart, Howie	Last Chance	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:23
Ratherford, Michael	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Jackson, R. Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Gemini Brass	Run To Me	Keep on the Right Side	06:34
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Coupé	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:40
Mittoo, Jackie	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Brown, Leroy	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Osbourne, Johnny	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Jackson, R. Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Mittoo, Jackie	The Thriller	The Keyboard King	02:23
Mittoo, Jackie	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Banton, George	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Webber, Merlene	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
El Kady, Pellegrin	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Mittoo, Jackie	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Mittoo, Jackie	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Mittoo, Jackie	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
White, Christine Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Rank, Danny	Stepping On Strong	Stepping On Strong	00:36
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Ricketts, Glen	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Lovejoy, Sid	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Smart, Howie	Tell You Jah	Rock & Come In	03:32
Ali, Naya	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Mittoo, Jackie	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Mittoo, Jackie	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Jackson, R. Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Rollins, Priscilla*	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Bedouin Soundclash	No One Moves, No One Gets Hurt	Light the Horizon	02:40
Smith, Ernie*	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Bennett, Jo Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Gayle, Otis	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Smith, Ernie*	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Mittoo, Jackie	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Mittoo, Jackie	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Hewitt, Winston	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Brown, Leroy	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Brown, Leroy	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Ali, Naya	Life	We Did The Damn Thing	03:28
Hewitt, Winston	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Wesli	Sonje	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	06:16
Cates, Demo	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Harvey, Carl	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Thiaw, David	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Chambers, Desmond	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44

Reggae, Caribbean and African

FEATURED

Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

FEATURED

Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

FEATURED

Brown, Leroy - Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace

FEATURED

Sam T. - Mayenkatam

FEATURED

Logan, Skipper - Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love

Gibbon, Leroy - Lady b/w Lover's Rhapsody

FEATURED

Wesli - Tradisyon

FEATURED

Banton, George - I'm Still In Love With You

Roots, Patrick - Jah My Keeper // Jah My Keeper

FEATURED

Bennett, Jo Jo - Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)

FEATURED

Boule Noire - Reggae

FEATURED

One Love - ST

FEATURED

Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

FEATURED

Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

FEATURED

Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

FEATURED

Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

FEATURED

Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

Syncona - Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man

FEATURED

Williams, Rod & Super 8 - War b/w War Version

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

FEATURED

Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

FEATURED

Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

FEATURED

Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

FEATURED

Sattalites - ST

FEATURED

Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

FEATURED

Earth, Roots And Water - Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version

FEATURED

Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

Tracks

Comments