Ruff 'n Tuff - Stranger Cole's Toronto Roots

Ruff 'n Tuff - Stranger Cole's Toronto Roots (2018)

May 2nd, 20180h 10min

Documentary
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Overview

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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