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Global grooves are greening the planet’s soundscape with fresh air and fertile imagination. Check out our debut of MIDIval PunditZ new album, Love and Machines, a Canadian crop including Okan and JER, Brazilian grooves celebrate new promise for the jewel of South America, from Abacaxepa to a belooped classic by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Catch a wave with World Beat Canada Radio!   MIDIval Punditz - Pa...

We talk Autumn birthdays and welcome a bouncing baby mix of global sweetness. Ezra Collective start with Only Love, new to our family of Canadian worldbeaters, Flacco Slimm and JER, an Arab double shoutout to dark beauty from Samir LanGus and Acid Arab, Balthvs drive us through the In-N-Out, and where else will you hear island grooves from Rapa Nui? World Beat Canada Radio of course!   Ezra Collec...

The world would be a better place if customer service played better music while you’re on hold. Take an hour to breathe in aural relief from new albums by Balthvs, Lagos Thugs, Zerzua and BaBa ZuLa, Latin flavours from Panasoma, Zuco 103 with Lee Scratch Perry and Algerian power pop from Souad Massi. Thanks, we’ll connect you now to World Beat Canada Radio!   Balthvs - Eternal Flow Lagos Thugs - N...

We skim the cream off our new Top 30, serving up a rich mix of our favourite global rhythms. Check into BaBa ZuLa’a Otel Kaliforniya, Tiger Is Coming with new sounds from Leenalchi, Mexican Institute of Sound, Meridian Brothers & Beck collab on Ritmo Babilonia PLUS into the Laboratorio Tropical with Empanadas Illegales and new Conexiones from Los Bitchos. Bon Appetit from World Beat Canada!  ...

The sounds of nature set the tone for next generation global rhythms. Floating in with the tide, fresh spins from BaBa ZuLa and Leenalchi, microtonal does a number on Balkan bounce from phenoms Angine de Poitrine, a new message from reggae vets Messenjah, retro rock marimba from Son Rompe Pera (Oct.10 @ The Hollywood) and more folk techno from Polky! On World Beat Canada Radio.   BaBa ZuLa - Has H...

The View From Space of our changing place. Some good news and great music from around the globe this hour. Our debut of new Bombay Dub Orchestra’s View From Space, crucial Afrobeat from Ogun Afrobeat and Polky’s fiddle-driven Polish alt-folk. Plus, Asian avant-garde from Japan’s Saicobab with Takaat and South Korea’s Leenalchi. Beats without borders, as seen from space. World Beat Canada Radio is...

Mountains of new music to share this week from Chopping Mountain, the new album from Ibibio Sound Machine, Mountains Of Morocco from Adham Sheikh and Los Andes from Hermanos Gutierrez (Sept. 24 @ The QE). We’ll also open your ears to Belgian ska, A New Hope for flamenco-infused pop and a quick bite from Voodoo Cobra by mystery machine, Sun Atlas. Keeping time with the beat of the world on World Be...

This hour, your introduction to love, Gnawa-style from Samir LanGus. World beaters and gear heads alike should enjoy Califa F1 from Skanderani, new Nubian soul from Real World Records, fresh spins from Soroche and Ezra Collective PLUS the most sampled drum beat in history from Shawn Lee’s Incredible Tabla Band. The familiar meets the phenomenal on World Beat Canada Radio! Samir LanGus - Gnawa Love...

Been picking fruit this week and cherry-picking choice tracks from our new World Beat top 30 chart. Rich atmospheres from Karsh Kale, Rodrigo y Gabriela, trippy Turkish psych from KR//LN and Hilal Kaya, double-nought spy stuff from Eleven 76 and Ky-Mani Marley’s back, riffing on Teddy Pendergrass for some deep soul. A Love TKO for World Beat Canada Radio!   Karsh Kale - Stranger Than Darkness Rodr...

Music reveals its innate ability to bring comfort and harmony through a universal language. Finland’s national instrument drives Melkutus Party, Making Movies take a Photograph, migration brings Sudanese and Canadian together as Sudanda, plus new guitar atmos from Hermanos Gutierez and Sabada 5. World Beat Canada Radio!   Melkutus Party - Mahti Making Movies - This Is A Photograph (feat. Kevin Mor...

Buckle up, baby! We take our new studio gear for a road test to unchartered territory with Vancouver Jazz Fest darlings, Leenalchi from South Korea, marimba rock & roll from Son Rompe Pera (Oct.27 & The Hollywood), recorded direct to tape in old Havana, brand new Orquesta Akokan, and Eccodek’s Andrew McPherson reinvents Yaz ’80’s electro-popper, Only You. It’s all for you this week on Worl...

It's the world in harmony. Take an hour and soak in the sounds of solidarity from across the planet: more from the acclaimed Altin Gun, Canada's own Afrotronix and Joao Leao's Celestial, crazed cumbia from MIS + Meridian Brothers and a poignant SOS from Galicia. Keeping time with the beat of the world, it's World Beat Canada! Altin Gun - Benim Yarim Dub Colossus - Consequences Joao Leao - Kafi (fe...

Tune in for an hour of global awareness with fresh spins honoring Beruit and Palestine, more Afrotronix and Empanadas Illegales. We introduce new albums from Umut Adan & Zebanis, Tinariwen and underground Nordic rave from Fauna. More than mainstream, it's music with a global conscience.   Galactic Caravan - Beruit (feat. Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh) Doctor Nativo - Caminantes Afrotronix - Chila C...

No kings, no excuses, zero forks given, it's an all-human curated hour of music you just won't hear anywhere else. Brand new spins from Monsieur Doumani with The Professor, Cochemea, Cheihk Ibra Fam and an anti-war epic from Natacha Atlas and Samy Bishai. Resist, listen, repeat. It's World Beat Canada Radio!   Monsieur Doumani, The Professor - Tritichtas II Cochemea - Dilo Marta Elena - Mi Cafe Co...

It’s about time: revisiting our current chart to chart new courses this month, springing ahead, and tapping into future possibilities. Join us for the top 10 spins from Ahmed Moneka's Egyptian Jazz, and Novalima, the new sound of Afro-Peru. World Beat Canada Radio. Check out our hour anytime!   Venezonix - Tamborera Sotomayor - Si Te Vas Antibalas - Solace Ejuri - Luz Afrodream - Ma Mare Mariachi...

No borders, no boundaries, it's free-range radio from World Beat Canada. Join us this hour for a grab bag of great stuff including new Tinariwen, just what Doctor Nativo ordered, Gogol Bordello to go and our debut from Quebec's gift-wrapped math rock duo Angine de Poitrine!   Gogol Bordello - Boyarka Tinariwen - Amidinin Wadar Nohar Angine De Poitrine - Fabienk CANCON Astrocolor - Paradise (ft. Ca...

Flex your fingers and count down the very best of the past month. It's the Top 10 of our Top 30 with a new tribute to Beruit from Galactic Caravan, and say hello to Doctor Nativo! Plus, brand new spins from Tokyo Ska Paradise, Jamaican veterans Inner Circle and more wonderful weirdness from Angine de Poitrine. Keeping time with the beat of the world!   Galactic Caravan - Beruit (ft. Gennady Tkache...

Our ride on the global side takes us to Portugal, Brazil, Chad, Serbia, Mauritania, Mexico, Peru, Ethiopia, Dominica, Mali, Puerto Rico and Australia, touching home base in Canada along the way. Free passage, zero blockades. Call shotgun and join us for an hour of World Beat Canada.   Buraka Som Systema - Puro Mambo Antonio Carlos & Jocafi - Ta Com Medo Por Que Alex Cuba - Para Contarte este A...

Hope springs eternal and Angelique Kidjo drops Hope, a new album with an impressive guest list. Introducing A-100s two-tone ska, CDN guitarist Mike Murray with Ecuadorian singer Arianna Reda. Galicians Carlangas and Neboa launch new singles and Tablatronics wizard Karsh Kale is back. More musical optimism this hour from World Beat Canada Radio!   Angelique Kidjo - Kakua (ft. Diamond Platinumz) Kar...

Enjoy an encore presentation Is there a doctor in the house? Not this hour, but you get your own Personal Jesus from Al-Qasar. Plus, all-new tracks from Catalonia, Galicia and Tunisia. We go microtonal with Angine de Poitrine, future tropical with Rizomagic and explore new sounds from North Africa with Tamikrest, Natacha Atlas & Samy Bishai. It's good for what ails ya. World Beat Canada Radio!...

So, you want to be an audiophile? We provide a 10 point check-list and 15 tracks to tickle your ears in the meantime. Fascinating new Brazilian from Spok, Retro Salish Futurisms from Russell Wallace and Snukwa7. Triple the weird from M.I.S., Meridian Brothers and Beck! A double shot from Catalonia, plus, new Altin Gun and Tamikrest. World Beat Canada Radio, worth every minute.   Spok - Kao (feat....

It's an action-packed hour of new music but, there's always space for SPACE! Join us for a trip around the world and into the cosmos with future sounds from Brazil, vocal gymnastics from Neha!, Hannah Peel & Beibei Wang, reimagined tango and a debut of Coco Jafro's wish for the world, Come Together. Right now, over a special mix from World Beat Canada!   Cidade Dormitoriio & Grisa - Traile...

Headphones or buds, if you're feeding your ears, give 'em something sweet. This hour is full of ear candy from Souad Massi, Karsh Kale, Baiuca, Eccodek, the Afro Celt Sound System and gobs of global in between! Get our weekly Album Covers and monthly charts with a free subscription to worldbeatinternational.com, from World Beat Canada Radio! Souad Massi - Zagate Karsh Kale - Stranger Than Darkness...

With a great chart comes great responsibility. We skim off and countdown the top ten from our new monthly Top 30. Get yours straight to your inbox @ worldbeatinternational.com. Plus, fresh spins right out of the wrapper from Ghanaian trumpeter Berima Amo, Albertan songwriter, now broadcaster Kue Varo and tropical futurism from Colombia's Rizomagic. The best beats come home to World Beat Canada Rad...

Noise and high fidelity are not mutually exclusive. Heapin' helpins of both from TAKAAT, literally 'noise' in Tamishek, globally-inspired microtonal by Angine de Poitrine, eschewing vocals altogether, Tim Readman debuts Instrumental Arhythmetric. PLUS, new music from the African Jewish diaspora, inspiration from the Song Of Songs and fire from Angelique Kidjo. World Beat Canada Radio!   TAKAAT - L...