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
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Weekes, Tyrone	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Mittoo, Jackie	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Earth, Roots And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Ricketts, Glen	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Mittoo, Jackie	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Smart, Howie	Too Jumpy	Rock & Come In	05:23
Earth, Roots And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Extavour, Hugh Unit	Ancestor Worship Dance	Jazzy Afrobana - Hypnotic Drumology Volume 1	06:30
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Sibbles, Leroy	The System	Now	03:48
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67	06:02
Pitter, Jahlin (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Mittoo, Jackie	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Rollins, Priscilla*	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Sandy, Peter	The Truth	Sweet Music	04:02
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Banton, George	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Jackson, R. Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Brown, Leroy	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Mittoo, Jackie	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Wesli	Wongol O	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Bamboo Fire	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:41
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment (Nokliché remix)	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:30
Allen, Lillian	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Mittoo, Jackie	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Confrontation	Misty Love	A New Day	04:06
Bennett, Jo Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Mittoo, Jackie	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
White, Christine Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Mittoo, Jackie	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Wallace, Enid	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Mittoo, Jackie	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Cates, Demo	How About Us	Lady	03:08
Conyers, Lorenzo	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Sibbles, Leroy	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Burgess, Ivan	What Lies Over the Hill	Wanderin' With	01:45
Rollins, Priscilla*	I Know	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Sibbles, Leroy	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Allen, Lillian	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Jackson, R. Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Sibbles, Leroy	What is Mine	Strictly Roots	07:36
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Brown, Leroy	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Young, Gifted and Black	Sun Spirit and Soul	02:46
Ricketts, Glen	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Lindsay, Balford	Memories of Her Love	Memories of Her Love	03:35
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Brown, Leroy	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Gibbon, Leroy	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Smith, Ernie*	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Rollins, Priscilla*	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Webber, Cynthia	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Harvey, Carl	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Cates, Demo	Just the Two of Us	Lady	03:27
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67	01:07
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Hewitt, Winston	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Smart, Howie	Thing You Try	Rock & Come In	03:02
Hewitt, Winston	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
ShowDoMan	Masiandoki	Trouble, Trouble	04:56
Syncona	Wings of a Dove	Wings of a Dove b/w Listen to the Steel Band Man	02:44
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Ricketts, Glen	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Jackson, R. Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Mittoo, Jackie	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Brown, Leroy	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Mercury, Vic	In Reach of Your Arms	In Reach of Your Arms	05:47
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Webber, Cynthia	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51

Reggae, Caribbean and African

FEATURED

Banton, George - The Soul of Toronto

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Osbourne, Johnny - First Trumpet

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

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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

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

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Wesli - Tradisyon

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

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

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

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Boule Noire - Reggae

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One Love - ST

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Anthony, Mike - Mike Anthony's Reality

Customers - ST (EP)

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Sibbles, Leroy - Mean While

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Ricketts, Glen - Rise Up

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Shaw, Barry - Summer Love

Bedouin Soundclash - Light the Horizon

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Sibbles, Leroy - Strictly Roots

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

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

Mickle, Samuel - Slave Man

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Hart, Winston - Genuine Love

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Sibbles, Leroy - It's Not Over

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

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Sattalites - ST

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Smart, Howie - Rock & Come In

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

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Brown, Leroy - Genuine Love

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