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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...

Simply the best. This hour, we present choice cuts from our favorite global albums of 2025, as culled from our monthly top 30 charts. Get our calendar by subscribing to our weekly e-blast at  worldbeatinternational.com  and play along! Happy New Year from World Beat Canada Radio!   Al-Qazar - Kisisel Isa (Personal Jesus) Warsaw Village Band w/ Bassalyki - Kalinowy Mostek (Wayfaring Tree Bridge) Da...

Never stick anything but your elbow in your ears, and only the finest musical ingredients. We launch the hour with Turkish psych phenoms, Altin Gun's forthcoming 6th album, Garip. Strap on the phones and let 'er rip! Plus, new Yalla Miku, Vancity's own Ezra Kwizera with a debut from Conqueror and a spin from our Album Of The Week, Wabi Sabi by Sotomayor. World Beat Canada Radio. It's an earful, ea...

This year, discover a whole world of new musical possibilities. Fresh for 2026: Dunklebunt dance mix, more Indole from Alex Cuba, Grammy-nom Justin Gray, and some Balkan bangers! What music radio sounds like.   Lindal ft. Dunkelbunt - Calus  Danzon El Gato - Soopa  Alex Cuba - Para Contarte Este Amor  Adham Shaikh - Mountains Of Morocco CANCON Rebekka Bakken - Mitt Hjerte Alltid Vanker  M, Robin S...

Simply the best. This hour, we present choice cuts from our favorite global albums of 2025, as culled from our monthly top 30 charts. Get our calendar by subscribing to our weekly e-blast at  worldbeatinternational.com  and play along! Happy New Year from World Beat Canada Radio!   Al-Qazar - Kisisel Isa (Personal Jesus)  Warsaw Village Band w/ Bassalyki - Kalinowy Mostek (Wayfaring Tree Bridge) ...

Whether you're circling the lot or parking it on the couch, spend an hour of the holidays with the best music in the world. We welcome latecomers with fresh spins to round out 2025 from Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions, more new Balkin Taskim from Bucharest, the Persian Kamauncheh spike fiddle plugged in by Merhnam Rastergari and Altin Gun tease 2026 with a brand new single. Park it here. World B...

Housekeeping this hour so the music library is spick and span for the holidays. We've uncovered some hidden gems to debut plus fresh tracks from Bucharest's Balkan Taksim, dub en francais from Luiza & Bleu Soliel, Zanna the voice of Rio's Metro, a gorg duet from Alex Cuba with Cyrille Aimee and the sublime from Peppermoth's latest, Albedo. A clean sweep in 60 minutes. Join us!   Balkan Taksim...

The evolving, ever-changing world of music stands to be counted. We skim off the top of our monthy Top 30 chart, including new spins from Afro-Colombians Nuevos Rios, Haitian-Canadian Wesli and a breath of fresh air from Peppermoth, Andrew McPherson's sublime new album of ambient, Albedo! Dive in! It's what the world is coming to, World Beat Canada Radio.   Yalla Miku - Al Sayf  Manica Kaur - Ra M...

When November gives you a dark and stormy night at 12 noon, do what Senor Coconut does and give it a merengue beat! That's on deck this hour along with a remix from Galician sound designer, Baiuca, brand new Polyrhythmics, Tunisian rhythms from Didon, Haitian kongo from Wesli and rogue Latin riddims from NYC experimentalists Zemog El Gallo. Your world in music from A to Z this hour from World beat...

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 Ca...

Happy 25th birthday to the iPod! It inspired this weekly hour of contemporary global music, and it's probably hiding in the back of your junk drawer. You'll want to download this show which is loaded with new spins from distant lands, like Yalla Miku's Eritrean/Swiss post-punk, Venezuelan rhythms updated by Venezonix, more Mariachi El Bronx and a debut from Alex Cuba's Indole! Join us on the air a...