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
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Ivan Burgess	Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:16
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Demo Cates	Dream to Remember	Stealing Love	07:57
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling	Storybook Revisited	02:28
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Afro-Caribbean Singers	Kingston Market	Sun Spirit and Soul	03:15
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Syren	Love Come Thru	The One	04:31
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Howie Smart	Thing You Try	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	03:12
Customers	Let It Down	ST (EP)	03:45
Compilation	Sam T - Eneywaye Bi	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:52
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Share What We've Got	In Perspective	07:09
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Leroy Brown	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Balford Lindsay	Cheater's Hideaway (instr)	Can't Fight Love	04:27
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Tarig Abubakar & The Afro-Nubians	El Serah	Tour to Africa	03:53
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Wesli	Rara Mawoulé	Tradisyon	05:42
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Tyrone Weekes	I Can't See Why	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:39
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	It's a Revelation	It's a Revelation	05:01
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Howie Smart	Jah Warning	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Delixx	The Other Side	Puff the Proletariat b/w The Other Side (picture sleeve)	04:16
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Lorenzo Conyers	That Old Vo-do-do-de-o-do	With Love From Lorenzo	02:12
Wesli	Kote Nou Ye	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:18
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Tyrone Weekes	Listen Babe	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:56
Wesli	Peyizan Yo	Tradisyon	00:52
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Compilation	Pat Thomas - Medo Wiase	D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1	06:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Pellegrin El Kady	Chôro Bai Samba	Sunguila	04:08
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
James McGree	Super Love	Super Love	06:55
Willie Dickson and the Playboys	More	Reggae Exposed	04:05
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Messenjah	Emanuel Road	Cool... But Deadly	04:17
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Wesli	Fè Yo Wè Kongo Banda	Tradisyon	05:58
Demo Cates	Change Is Gonna Come	Stealing Love	05:18
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Tyrone Weekes	Do it Forever	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:46
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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Cynthia Webber - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Merlene Webber - On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)

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Maame Felicia Konadu - Ma Menka

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Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia) - Sweet Soul And Inspiration

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Messenjah - Cool... But Deadly

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Compilation - D.J. Oduro & Emmanuel Presents... Toronto Heat Volume 1

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Roots Radics - Roots Dub Style

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Cynthia Webber - Touch a Hand b/w Version

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Leroy Gibbon - Just Like That

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Leroy Gibbon - Four Season Lover

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Messenjah - Cool Operator

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Messenjah - Rock You High

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Pellegrin El Kady - Sunguila

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Sam T. - Mayenkatam

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Roots Earth And Water - Innocent Youths

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Roots Earth And Water - Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)

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Roots Earth And Water - Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)

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