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
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Lorenzo Conyers	Today is My Day	With Love From Lorenzo	03:52
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Tyrone Weekes	Another Sunny Morning	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:29
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Risco Connections	Park Version	Sitting In The Park	04:26
Ivan Burgess	Greensleeves	Wanderin' With	02:08
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Winston Hart	Hi Hello	Genuine Love	05:35
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Tyrone Weekes	Zombie Jambourie	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:30
Ezra Kwizera	Knyrda	Himbaza Uwera	01:00
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Phase IV	Hard Luck Dub	Hard Luck Man // Redemption Song	03:17
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Last Train	It's a Revelation	03:45
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
David Thiaw	Spirit	African Skies	04:35
Enid Wallace	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Wesli	Rara	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
David Thiaw	Sabar Suite	African Skies	04:15
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Peter Sandy	Survivor	Sweet Music	03:38
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Howie Smart	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	L.E.S. (Liberté Égalité Sagacité)	Jose Louis And The Paradox Of Love	09:29
David Thiaw	Timiss	African Skies	05:59
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Balford Lindsay	Mr. Success	Can't Fight Love	03:01
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song	Show Case Volume 3	04:20
Wesli	Ba li lavi	Rapadou Kreyôl	02:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Merci, Beaucoup!	Tears On The Dancefloor	00:24
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Wesli	Ba Li Lavi (Remix)	Tradisyon	02:51
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Ali Boma Ye	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:27
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Peter Sandy	Lovely Baby	Sweet Music	03:47
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Barry Shaw	Summer Night of Love	Summer Love	04:19
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Naya Ali	Piece of Mine	Higher Self EP	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	La-La Girls & Cha-Cha Boys	Wishbone	02:26
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Garnet Challenger & The Connection Band	Earth is It	It's a Revelation	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Ting A Ling	On Top	03:25
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Naya Ali	More Life, Less Names	We Did The Damn Thing	02:52
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Wind Of Sadness	Wind Of Sadness	05:25
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Risco Connections	Stopping Version	Sitting In The Park	04:51
Syren	Angel in Civitas	The One	04:45
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Tyrone Weekes	Cherie Amour	Another Sunny Morning: Canadian Folk Tunes with a Caribbean Flavour	02:42
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Wesli	3 Fèy	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	04:13
Planet Earth and the Charitable People ‎	Lady In Red	Wind Of Sadness	04:36
Pierre Kwenders (José Louis Modabi)	Sorry	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	03:37

Reggae, Caribbean and African

Tracks

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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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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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