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
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Balford Lindsay	Chained To Your Love	Memories of Her Love	04:05
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Arawak	New Day	Music in the Making b/w New Day	04:31
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Wesli	Ayizan	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:17
Wesli	Manzè	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	05:51
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Irène	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:17
Top Ranking	Life is Not So Hard	Life is Not So Hard b/w Conquer (picture sleeve)	02:57
ShowDoMan	Billy (Part 1)	Trouble, Trouble	05:20
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land	05:08
Ivan Burgess	Don't Ever Love Me	Wanderin' With	02:28
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Wesli	Peze Café Feat Kizaba	Tradisyon	04:29
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Vic Mercury	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Compilation	Winston Jarrett - Too Much Confusion	Music Get To Your Brain	04:18
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Wesli	Le Soleil Descend Feat Paul Cargnello	Tradisyon	04:08
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Demo Cates	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
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	Jackie is Back	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:28
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Wesli	Mizik Saa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:38
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Afrikaman	In Perspective	06:23
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Compilation	Mamme Felicia Konadu - Abotare	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	05:46
Sam T.	Akwantuo Mu sem	Mayenkatam	09:27
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Balford Lindsay	Love Vibration	Memories of Her Love	02:52
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	We Like	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:07
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Wesli	Mama Africa	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:05
Howie Smart	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Ivan Burgess	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Jamaica Farewell	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:18
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Good	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:15

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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