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
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Peter Sandy	Les bourgeois	Sweet Music	05:07
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Womma Menka	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	04:03
Howie Smart	Chu Wa Wa	Rock & Come In	03:09
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Demo Cates	Boomarang	Stealing Love	03:51
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Wesli	Ibo Ibo Msé Toro	Tradisyon	06:01
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
David Thiaw	Djembe Suite	African Skies	04:21
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Naya Ali	What's the Move	We Did The Damn Thing	03:00
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Jackie Mittoo	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Peter Sandy	I Want to Be Somebody	Sweet Music	03:15
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Gemini Brass	Keep On The Right Side	Keep on the Right Side	06:42
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
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
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
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Bedouin Soundclash	Brutal Hearts (feat. Coeur de pirate)	Light the Horizon	03:10
Leroy Gibbon	Spread Out	Four Season Lover	06:04
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Maame Felicia Konadu	Maamee	Ma Menka	08:03
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Maame Felicia Konadu	Me Mma	Ma Menka	08:08
Confrontation	Go Down	A New Day	03:42
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Penny Johnson	Easy Loving	Easy Loving b/w Kiss and Say Goodbye	03:41
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Glen Ricketts	Go On Without You	Rock Me Baby	04:09
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Syren	Livin' Up	The One	04:18
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Naya Ali	Higher Self	Higher Self EP	03:12
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Mardi Gras	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	02:23
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Milton Douglas	Diseases (Version)	Can't Trust No One	04:13
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Compliqué	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	03:02
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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