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
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Lorenzo Conyers	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	Pangola Grass	Reggae Exposed	04:03
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Wesli	Mon Konpè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:37
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Boule Noire	Barbados Girl	Reggae	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Radio trottoir (Interlude)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	01:18
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Balford Lindsay	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
Naya Ali	Catch a Vibe	We Did The Damn Thing	03:10
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Karamchand Maharaj	Piya Tose Naina Laage Re	Innovations 4	05:00
Boule Noire	La Musique Reggae	Reggae	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Confrontation	Get On Board	A New Day	03:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ani Kuni	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:39
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Lillian Allen	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Stranger Cole	When You Call My Name	Storybook Revisited	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Naya Ali	Turning Tables	We Did The Damn Thing	03:19
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Modern Day Romance	Modern Day Romance	04:30
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Confrontation	What Have You Got For Me	A New Day	05:20
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Sattalites	Never be the Same	Miracles	04:34
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Hugh Extavour Unit	TCB Chant	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	18:43
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
Clive Clerk (Clive Wilson)	Suzanne	Lookin’ for a Girl b/w Suzanne	02:52
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Boule Noire	No Time To Waste	Reggae	05:05
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Phase IV	Hard Luck Man	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:24
Naya Ali	Rails	Higher Self EP	03:11
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Naya Ali	Ra Ra	Higher Self EP	03:05
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Pedro Da Linha remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:58
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Risco Connections	Risco Music	Sitting In The Park	06:11
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Tyrone Weekes	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11

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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