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	Jah Rock Style	The Keyboard King	02:21
Wesli	Proverb Granmoun (feat Sergiu Popa)	Rapadou Kreyôl	05:03
Ricketts, Glen	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Jackson, R. Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Smart, Howie	Your Love	Rock & Come In	03:24
Webber, Cynthia	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Syren	These Walls	The One	04:57
Bennett, Jo Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Conyers, Lorenzo	Ling Ting Tong	With Love From Lorenzo	03:02
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Jackson, R. Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Syren	Heartdriven	The One	05:10
Brown, Leroy	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Hewitt, Winston	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Burgess, Ivan	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Webber, Cynthia	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Chalawa	Just Like a River	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:30
Mittoo, Jackie	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Jackson, R. Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Harvey, Carl	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Sibbles, Leroy	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Lindsay, Balford	Can't Fight Love	Can't Fight Love	03:55
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Hawiah (identity)	Tour to Africa	05:00
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Earth, Roots And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Weekes, Tyrone	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Brown, Leroy	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Villains	Life of Crime	Life of Crime	02:37
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Hewitt, Winston	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Mittoo, Jackie	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Boule Noire	Encore Une Fois L'Amour	Reggae	03:44
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Cates, Demo	Woman in Love	Lady	03:24
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	I Don't Know Why	Hobey Laik	04:45
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Syren	Crazy River	The One	05:53
ShowDoMan	Anto	Trouble, Trouble	05:03
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
ShowDoMan	Nadia	Trouble, Trouble	05:38
Rollins, Priscilla*	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Wesli	Mèsi Bondye	Rapadou Kreyôl	03:11
Mittoo, Jackie	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Cates, Demo	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67	02:58
Bedouin Soundclash	Fools Tattoo	Light the Horizon	04:08
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Hewitt, Winston	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Hart, Winston	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Ricketts, Glen	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Rollins, Priscilla*	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Rollins, Priscilla*	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Cates, Demo	Ain't What's On A Woman	Stealing Love	05:17
Thiaw, David	Assalam - Titi's Groove	African Skies	05:22
Ali, Naya	Life - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:43
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Church (Likambo)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	03:50
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Villains	Wolly Bully	Life of Crime	02:44
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Ali, Naya	Addis Kids - Interlude	We Did The Damn Thing	00:20
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Mittoo, Jackie	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Mittoo, Jackie	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Kwizera, Ezra	Himbazwa	Himbaza Uwera	03:22
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Peanut Peddler	Reggae Exposed	03:36
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Surrender	Reach Out With Love	03:59
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
ShowDoMan	Let's Change the Beat	Trouble, Trouble	05:00
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Gayle, Otis	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Jackson, R. Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Banton, George	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Gibbon, Leroy	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Mittoo, Jackie	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Wesli	Morisdézo (feat Vox Sambou)	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:19
Bennett, Jo Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Earth, Roots And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Ricketts, Glen	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Conyers, Lorenzo	Lori	With Love From Lorenzo	03:38
Weekes, Tyrone	Tell Me	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:59
Earth, Roots And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Boule Noire	Pleine Lune	Reggae	03:21
Earth, Roots And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34

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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