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
Mittoo, Jackie	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Wesli	Sibi Dlo	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:56
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Wesli	Wawa Sé Rèl O (Hommage à Wawa Rasin Ganga)	Tradisyon	04:25
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Sibbles, Leroy	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Ellis, Noel	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67	03:11
Brown, Leroy	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Hewitt, Winston	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Gayle, Otis	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Hewitt, Winston	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
El Kady, Pellegrin	Marrabenta	Sunguila	02:46
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Smith, Ernie*	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Hewitt, Winston	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Cadavere	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:42
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Ricketts, Glen	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Bennett, Jo Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Confrontation	Johnny Gunn	A New Day	05:11
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Sam T.	Owuo Ayemade	Mayenkatam	13:05
Osbourne, Johnny	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Mittoo, Jackie	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Masalama "Goodbye"	Hobey Laik	05:19
Risco Connections	Reggae Music	Bringing Out The Sunshine	04:48
Ellis, Noel	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
Sibbles, Leroy	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Ricketts, Glen	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Brown, Leroy	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Hewitt, Winston	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Compilation	Hortense Ellis - One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee	Music Get To Your Brain	02:30
Weekes, Tyrone	Any Day Now	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	03:06
Sibbles, Leroy	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Gayle, Otis	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Burgess, Ivan	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Mittoo, Jackie	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Hewitt, Winston	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	African Dream	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:02
Banton, George	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Sibbles, Leroy	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Wesli	Azounké an Yanvalou	Tradisyon	05:27
Mittoo, Jackie	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
ShowDoMan	Baby Girl	Trouble, Trouble	05:16
Hewitt, Winston	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Brown, Jerry	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Douglas, Jay (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Jackson, R. Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Jackson, R. Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Wesli	Lolé Lolé	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:00
Brown, Leroy	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Pitter, Jahlin (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Thiaw, David	Kikalama	African Skies	03:59
Mittoo, Jackie	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
Mittoo, Jackie	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Lindsay, Balford	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Mittoo, Jackie	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Smith, Ernie*	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Hewitt, Winston	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Gibbon, Leroy	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Ricketts, Glen	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Hewitt, Winston	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Jackson, R. Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Chambers, Desmond	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Ratherford, Michael	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Mittoo, Jackie	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Sibbles, Leroy	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Mittoo, Jackie	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Mittoo, Jackie	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Kwizera, Ezra	Urutare	Himbaza Uwera	03:36
Burgess, Ivan	I Wish I Was a Red Rosy Bush	Wanderin' With	02:08
Weekes, Tyrone	You've Got to be Strong	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:49
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Ali, Naya	Out the Dirt	Higher Self EP	03:18
Kwizera, Ezra	Narrow Road	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17

Reggae, Caribbean and African

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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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