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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...

Hope springs eternal. Spring is sprung 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. Diam...

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!   Trevol - Lo Pardal Baiuca...

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...

In anticipation of splashdown, we present our countdown; 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 - Be...

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...

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...

Tune in for an hour of global awareness with fresh spins honoring Beruit and Palestine, more Afrotronix and Empanadas Illegales (who open for Novalima, April 26th at The Rickshaw). 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-Pap...

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 and upcoming concert moments, like Ahmed Moneka's Egyptian Jazz, March 27th at St. James Hall and Novalima, the new sound of Afro-Peru, April 26th at The Rickshaw. Check this hour anytime! Venezonix - Tamborera Sotomayor - Si Te Vas Ant...

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 (...

Bad Bunny made the play of the day at the Super Bowl, but he's just the spark in an explosion of global music. Join us for leading-edge releases from critical psych rock darlings, Altin Gun, new Marachi El Bronx (safer than a Mexican vacation), Gogol Bordello pledge solidarity with Ukraine, WITCH pinch Talking Heads and Sotomayor let themselves go, in a good way. World Beat Canada Radio!   Pixvae...

Sweet spins for you this week starting with a double serving of Turkish Delights from Altin Gun and Umut Adan and Zabanis, Vancouver's bhangra bangers En Karma take us from Surrey to London, where British R&B singer Rosie Love is Burning Down The House, and new music from Bahia, Brazil by Spok. It's only logical that you listen in. World Beat Canada Radio.   Umut Adan and Zabanis - Sale Marino...

There's madness in the mix and a method to the madness this hour! We spin song, instrumental, song, rinse, repeat. Plus, every track is brand new including a wicked tribute to The Talking Heads by Zamrock purveyors, WITCH! Dig fresh grooves from Rio 18, Yasmine Hamdan, Patagonia Dub and more Afrotronix. It's what the world is listening to. Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Shades Of Red (feat. Nina Mira...

Join us for a distraction from all the distractions covering up distractions! The world is buzzing with new musical expression and we're exposing it. Sick psych from Yin Yin and Altin Gun to start, a deep dive into afrofuturism with new Afrotronix and Lamisi, and a serious groove tying together the whole mix. Grammy-winner Justin Gray tags this week's World Beat Canada!   Yin Yin - Yata Yata Altin...

​Back home after two weeks to a backed up inbox, stuffed with fresh releases. Join us for an all new show of all new music; the first in 6 years from Mexican sibs, Sotomayor, Rwandan Canadian Ezra Kwizera, Mariachi El Bronx, Tinariwen celebrate 45 years with something for the next gen. And, we introduce a beautiful pairing of kora and Congolese voice from Sophie Lukacs & Noel Mpiaza. Moving to...

The Surfrajettes turn up the reverb and drop the puck on The True North's second anthem, Hockey Night In Canada! Plus, new Afro-Colombian from Nuevos Rios, new Brazilian-Caribbean from Iuna Falcao and a Ghanian song of empowerment for girls, "No Orgasm In Heaven". Ponder life's little mysteries with World Beat Canada!   Nuevos Rios - Sumba Ale Nusantara Beat - Kalangkang Joy Brandt & Bruno Cap...