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This year's hottest trend in global is Anatolian Psych. BaBa Zula have been doing it for 30 years. New music from them this hour + new Canadians Ahmed Moneka and Afrotronix emigrate w/ cool sounds in tow. Making Movies  take The Rickshaw stage in August 24th. We have the title of their latest rock en espanol! Like SPF for your sensitive ears, World Beat Canada Radio!   BaBa Zula - Arsiz Saksagan (...

This week we're all over the Vancouver Folk Music Festival at World Beat Canada Radio! Spotlighting main stage performers Zawose Queens, Haram and Bab l'Bluz with a touch of the familiar from Elisapie. And, we introduce future-forward South Asian vibes from Anvaya, Tian Qiyi, and new singles from Eljuri and Manu Chao! Enjoy the best, beachside.   Anvaya - Laal Chunariya  Eljuri - Karma  Sonova - H...

We have a shiny new chart to share, so let's take it out for a spin. Join us for a ride on the global side with bangin' African tracks from The Cavemen, Femi Kuti, Cheikh Ibra Fam, Siraba, Ammar 808 and another debut from Witch! Plus, we sample some potent BC homegrown from Los Duendes and Russell Wallace. This week on World Beat Canada Radio!   The Cavemen - Dancing Shoes Femi Kuti - Shotan  Balt...

Invigorating from the get go! We start the hour bathed in distortion from Zambia and Morocco. We tap into Retro Salish Futurisms by Russell Wallace & Snukwa7 (Shnook-wah = Friends). Mexican Institute Of Sound introduces his 4 favorite girls, Sonova introduces Frequent Flyer and Ancient Future blaze with Purple Haze. Elbows Up with World Beat Canada.    Witch - Kamusale  Bab L'Bluz - Mouja Russ...

Innovative tunes for interesting times! Following the African diaspora through Kokoroko's sweet side of Afrobeat, Afrotronix from the Eneedi Desert in Chad to Montreal, and Dakar's Cheikh Ibra Fam. Plus, Brazilian from Orbital Ensemble, Elena Baklava takes us to today's Turkmenistan and surfs up in Cordoba, Argentina with Los Freneticos.      Didje Doo - Abusadora De Mi Amor  Kokoroko - Sweetie  A...

Into the heart of today's Africa, Afrodream take us there on an Afrotrip. We also meet The Cavemen from Nigeria, and Nigerian Canadian emerging artist J Scope, surfacing from Blackwater with Coco Jafro. PIL bassman Jah Wobble dives into dub, Klark B3nt remixes Sonova's latest and World Beat Canada pays tribute to Brian Wilson's Good Vibrations.    Afrodream - Afrotrip  The Cavemen - Dancing Shoes ...

Fast-tracking the future with a full hour of sizzling new spins, from Italian DJ, Didje Doo, Tunisa remixed from Sinouj, updated Cabo Verdean funana by Grupo Pilon, electro Jamaican roots courtesy Runkus, and chill spy vibes debut from Sonova. All new including a dub tribute to Curtis Mayfield's Superfly. World Beat Canada Radio!   Didje Doo - An Ka Belebele (ft. Abou Diarra)  Sinouj - Hak Dellali...

Only the very best from our monthly Top 30 World Beat chart! Count down our 10 favorite tracks. Plus, we tickle your ears with a few debuts to round out  an exceptional hour of global creativity. And, we've saved you a spot. Join us for World Beat Canada Radio.   Cheikh Ibra Fam - Xam Xam  Adrian Younge - Ainda Precioso do Sol  Femi Kuti - Shotan  Balthvs - Year Of The Snake  Al-Qasar -  Ssir w Zt...

Saluting post-secondary graduates by challenging corruption. It's the duty of youth according to Kurt Cobain. With a soundtrack challenging convention, from Ammar 808, Sofia Kourtesis, Dengue Fever and Peyoti For President. Cool Canadian spins from Chris Couto and Kazdoura as well. Get into the groove of World Beat Canada Radio!   Furmiga Dub,Filosofino, Presto Do Coco - Mas Voce Nao Veio  Ammar 8...

Roaming far and wide, the way nature intended. Travel with World Beat Canada. We cover a lot of ground in one hour. Join us for debuts from Empanadas Illegales, Sofi Tukker, Mad Professor and Adrian Raso. Eugene Hutz joins Perkalaba for a salute to Ukraine and Badi Assad gives ascent to Lorde's Royals. Keep calm and carry on.   Jef Stott - Hajira  Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Te Adoro  Ritesh Das -...

Dynamic sound begins with dynamic artists. Join us for an hour of sound designers, sonic architects, DJ/producers and bands mining audio excellence: Siraba, new from Real World X, Sofi Tukker with Seu Jorge, Ecuador's Grecia Alban, Catoria's Baiuca and BLK JKS from Johannesburg! Tickle your ears with World Beat Canada Radio.   Siraba - Damba Kele  Samba do Arnesto w/ Mestre Madruguinha - Galega de...

Skirting the edges of what's known to find what's possible, This episode, innovation from Witch, the originators of Zamrock, re-imagined folk rhythms from Ecuador by Grecia Alban and Montreal-based Japanese psych rock from TEKE::TEKE add intrigue to our global mix. 1 hour, 15 tracks, your audio adventure awaits from World Beat Canada Radio!   Witch - Queenless King  Grecia Alban - Virgen Y Volcan ...

New spins this hour spotlighting Spain and its musical revolution, with Ronroneo, Restinga and Salvar Donana. A Magnetic Treasure from the digitized tribute to Francis Bebey of Cameroon. Canada proud from Sonova and Sosun Su X Rise Ashen, and Peyoti For President reminds everyone, You Are The Revolution. World Beat Canada is your voice! Peyoti For President - You Are The Revolutiion  Femi Kuti​ -​...

Join us for a raucous ruckus of gritty global! TAKAAT dial it up to 11 for some driving desert guitar. Japanese experimentalists Kuunatic summon the Yellow Serpent and Adrian Raso's collab with Fanfare Ciocarlia meets at the crossroads for The Devil Rides Again. Plus, A Touch Of The Familiar from Ethiopian fronted Ukandanz with a cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs.   TAKAAT - Amidinan  Kuunatic - Y...

This week we peel off the tasty top of the global pops. The Top 10 from our monthly top 30! Plus, Zawose Queens who bring the chants of the Wagogo people of Tanzania to the west coast this July. And, an exclusive debut of Sonova's Boarding Pass. Thanks for flying with World Beat Canada Radio!   Casapalma - El Clavel  Dowdelin - Something's Going On  Salvar Donana - Ardonia  Jupiter & Okwess -...

In the spotlight this week, The Oliver Schroer Pushing The Boundaries Award winner at the CFMAs, Kiran Ahluwalia! Plus, more boundary-pushing music from Japanese eclectic trio Kuunatic, Red Baraat, Al-Qasar and Ammar 808. And, we remember Amadou Bagayoko, the Malian guitarist who passed last week. Looking forward and back, just like Janus! It's World Beat Canada Radio.   The Cat Empire - Bird In P...

Promoting diversity, because that's what Canada does. This hour, the South Asian Invasion continues en masse with the ultimate dhol-driven party band, Red Baraat, Zamrock from the folks who invented it, new WITCH, Finnish nu-folk from Vimma and the Adult Alternative Album award winner at the Junos,​ ​Innuktitut from Elisapie. Tap in to World Beat Canada.   Red Baraat - Bhangra Rageela  WITCH - Que...

A designer playlist for the musically fashion-forward! International couture from the house of house, starting with dramatic cuts and tailored tracks from Kazdoura, Psychotropical Orchestra, Eric Hilton, Sonova and edgy new TAKAAT. Always demure and dashing, it's World Beat Canada Radio, a cut above.   Fabi Hernandez & Mathieu Rue - Deseo (extended mix)   Balthvs - Year Of The Snake Psychotrop...

Today's mix is like a box of chocolates, or every flavour beans (without the earwax  ones). Every track is new except for a classic touch of the familiar. Ride with us through Syrian/Lebanese psych, colliding dub,hip hop & soul, Latin soul/funk, Kenyan steppa reggae and crime funk  breaks. World Beat Canada, VolumeUp & ElbowsUp!   Tagua, Tagua - Lado A Lado Danzon El Gato - La Lucha (feat....

Join us for rockin' Moroccans (new Bab L'Bluz and Sami Galibi), tropical hot sauce from Montreal (MTL Sauce Picante), hypnotic Portuguese from Sus, Nigerian slow cook from Dele Sosimi and The Estuary while Skeewiff re-invent Misrilou, the tale of love between a Greek Christian and an Egyptian Muslim girl. Get your global groove on with World Beat Canada Radio!   Bab L'Bluz - AmmA Sami Galibi - Rru...

The future is global. Only isolationists like tRump would disagree. World Beat Canada is an open door to what the future of music sounds like. Join us for new tracks by Agatha Catel, Miramar, La Pandemic & Kwashibu Area Band PLUS local debuts from Locarno and the return of the Force Majeure, Five Alarm Funk!  Al-Qasar - Ssir w Ztam (Get Busy)  Afro Celt Sound System - Radio Ronza  Locarno - Ya...

Music is good medicine. Canadian research proves it and we put it to the test this hour. Join us for space cumbia from El Leon Pardo, retro Brazilian from Cheo, Comfort Food from Kiran Ahluwalia, and Guadaloupe goes punk with The Bolokos. Good for the immunogobulin don't ya know? It's World Beat Canada!   Balthvs - Asha (Travel Plan Remix)  Adrian Younge - Ainda Preciso Do Sol  Khanvict - Desert D...

Alsarah & The Nubatones revisit the concept album with Seasons Of The Road, a project 5 years in the making. Fela's saxman son, Femi Kuti is back with political polemic. Ghanian highlife icon, Ebo Taylor celebrates his 90th with a new release. Just some of fresh spins this week as we keep time with the beat of the world.   Alsarah & The Nubatones - Fael Fi Aldawam Femi Kuti - Politics Don...

Warsaw Village Band treat us to a new release called Sploty (Twines). New music from Poland wraps the hour as well, with some choice tracks in between; eurotronics X flamenco from Andalucia, Vancouver percussionist Chris Couto appears on Putumayo's World Groove, plus debuts from Al-Qasar and Balthvs. Keeping time with the beat of the world!   Warsaw Village Band & Bassalyki - Siwa Zezulejko  ...

The freedom of music, marked safe ​from imperialistic expansionism, with West Coast Canadian global from Locarno, MNGWA and a new remix from Sonova. With, overseas stops in Belarus, Bogota and something edgy from Baaba Maal. It's the true north, strong and free from World Beat Canada Radio!   Nevrida - Vyasna  Balthvs - AIO (Paper Water Remix)   MNGWA - Nubes de Sal  CANCON Locarno - La Iguana CAN...