

Ruff 'n Tuff - Stranger Cole's Toronto Roots
2018-05-02 · 10 min · Not rated
After an unsuccessful attempt at establishing himself in the early 1970s music scene, Jamaican-born reggae legend Stranger Cole opens a record store, the first Caribbean business in Toronto's Kensington Market.
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- Chris Flanagan, Graeme Mathieson
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