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
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Endless Night	Tears On The Dancefloor	03:34
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Ellis, Noel	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Mittoo, Jackie	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	Keep On Skanking	In Perspective	05:21
Ricketts, Glen	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Mittoo, Jackie	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Brown, Leroy	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Let it Play	Le Dernier Empereur Bantou	04:20
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Banton, George	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Mittoo, Jackie	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Ricketts, Glen	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Ricketts, Glen	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Hewitt, Winston	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Hewitt, Winston	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67	00:49
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67	01:07
Ricketts, Glen	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
ShowDoMan	BIlly (Part 2)	Trouble, Trouble	05:17
Sam T.	Enewaye Bi	Mayenkatam	08:36
Mittoo, Jackie	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Ellis, Noel	Memories	ST	06:59
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Whitehorse Man	Reach Out With Love	05:17
Mittoo, Jackie	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Smart, Howie	Dub	Meets King Culture in Dancehall Style	02:19
McLean, Nana (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Abubakar, Tarig & The Afro-Nubians	Human Being	Hobey Laik	05:30
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
White, Christine Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Burgess, Ivan	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Wanderin' With	02:35
Brown, Carol	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	You’ve Got to Come Back	Reggae Exposed	03:20
Burgess, Ivan	Anywhere I Wander	Wanderin' With	02:23
Roots Radics	Pice Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:01
Jackson, R. Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Brown, Leroy	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Conyers, Lorenzo	A Show of Kindness	With Love From Lorenzo	03:03
Brown, Leroy	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
Mittoo, Jackie	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Sibbles, Leroy	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67	03:40
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Maame Felicia Konadu	Bonyaie	Ma Menka	08:01
Sibbles, Leroy	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Webber, Merlene	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Wesli	Ça Fait Mal	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:00
Brown, Leroy	My Womans Love	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:04
Mittoo, Jackie	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Osbourne, Johnny	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Cates, Demo	Ain't No Stoppin Us Now	Stealing Love	05:04
Williams, Rod & Super 8	War Version	War b/w War Version	03:36
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Lindsay, Balford	My Girl (Medley)	Memories of Her Love	04:42
Brown, Leroy	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
A.P.M.S. (Alfred Paul Mama Sçhall)	State of Confusion	In Perspective	06:56
Wesli	Pran Pasyans	Rapadou Kreyôl	04:50
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Allen, Lillian	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Mittoo, Jackie	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Gayle, Otis	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Hewitt, Winston	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Wallace, Enid	Think of Me	Sweet Lips	03:31
Conyers, Lorenzo	You Gotta Have Love	With Love From Lorenzo	04:47
Smart, Howie	Rock & Come In	Rock & Come In	03:11
Clarke & George	Mercy Mercy	Babylon Dread b/w Mercy Mercy	03:33
Wesli	Île	Ayiti étoile nouvelle	03:56
Ali, Naya	Ali	Higher Self EP	03:19
Banton, George	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Customers	Smile In The Corridor	ST (EP)	02:15
Kwenders, Pierre (José Louis Modabi)	Sentiment	Classe Tendresse (with Clément Bazin)	02:52
Hart, Winston	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Lindsay, Balford	Glad You Came My Way	Memories of Her Love	03:23
Walton, Dennis	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Ricketts, Glen	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Mittoo, Jackie	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Sibbles, Leroy	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Hart, Winston	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67	06:02
Sibbles, Leroy	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Spence, Julie	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Banton, George	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Gibbon, Leroy	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Challenger, Garnet & The Connection Band	Love of Summer	Reach Out With Love	04:18
Earth, Roots And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Chambers, Desmond	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Allen, Lillian	Birth Version	Revolutionary Tea Party	03:37
Dickson, Willie and the Playboys	Reggae Again	Reggae Exposed	05:04
Mittoo, Jackie	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59

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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