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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...

Flying the colours of change, it's a global revolution of rhythms. Gipsy Power Band turn rumba on it's ear, Eccodek flies the Red, White And Mali Wobble Tip mix, West Coast ​kalimba from Robin Layne and the Melody makers, Ndox Electrique from Senegal trade riffs with ritual, and Al-Qasar return with a new Personal Jesus. Keeping time with the beat of the world. World Beat Canada.   Gipsy Power Ban...

Take comfort in the words of MLK, "Only when it's dark enough can you see the stars." The future still sparkles in global music! We venture north to the land of the Sami for new music from Pauanne and Assu, then two from Western Canada's Latin community, new spins from Kinshasa and Zululand, and Spencer Davis gets Balkan brassified! Welcome to World Beat Canada!   Pauanne - Pelkka Perseve Neitsyt ...

Musical waves from the Caribbean (or the Gulf Of America as somebody calls it). We start with a new spin from Guadaloupe's Dowdelin. Alex Cuba does it all on his latest, Voce De Mi Familia, California Dreaming in Vladivostok and roots reggae from Hawaii (which would make an adorable province don't you think?). World Beat Canada Radio! Dowdelin - Something Going On  Al-Qasar - Sham System  Alex Cub...

Tired of your watercolour world, painted with the same old brush? Express yourself through Cubism, Dadaism and pop art's influence on music. Fresh spins for 2025 from Lalalar who combine Anatolian psych, spaghetti western and hazy electronics, and Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, an evolving 12 piece from Geneva, Canadian worldbeaters Boogat and Okan team up, Seu Jorge taps Ziggy Stardust f...

We begin the New Year the way we ended the old one, with another challenging listen from Avalanche Kaito on Glitterbeat Records, the label that continues to push the possibilities of global music. Sonova is treated to an Eccodek remix, Arturo Bergmann reveals Tinariwen's influence while Tinariwen dig into the past for an album of rarities. World Beat Canada, always up to date in rapidly changing t...

The best of the best that are different from the rest! This hour, our top picks from our monthly World Beat Top 30. Follow the chart at  Pinterest  and play along. While you're there peruse our gallery of Album Covers Of The Week. Happy Holidays from World Beat Canada Radio! Galathea - Divinite (feat. Kadi Koulibaly)  Afro Celt Sound System - The Lockdown Reel Kiran Ahluwalia - Dil  CANCON La Yegr...

If you're taking a dive into global, start at the headwaters in Africa. Two new Afrotronic remixes open the hour from Les Amazones d'Afrique and Montparnasse Musique. We show our Canadian pride for Okan and Los Duendes. Then a tribute track for the tabla master of our generation, Zakir Hussain from Mickey Hart's Planet Drum. And, Elisapie channels Queen in Inuktitut. Let the music take you places...

Studies say it takes 30 listens to a song for us to like it. But, if you're like me, after 30 listens, you're ready to move on! Start fresh each week with World Beat Canada Radio and songs you won't hear anywhere else. Like, Italian ska/punk from Shanti Powa, Japanese reggae/cumbia from Berlin's La Gorda Dubs, and Bombay Dub Orchestra's Brandy & Cigars remix of Sonova. We'll hook you the first...

Being branded as subversive is a point of pride for many global artists. Venture down the road less travelled with the radical (Gipsy Power Band), the tropically punk (The Bolokos), the South Asian Invasion (Black Star Liner) and the bittersweet (Alejandro and Maria Laura), this week from World Beat Canada Radio! Gipsy Power Band - Llora  Shugorei - Roboto (feat. Noz)  Locarno - Bomberas Y Curande...

Today's music is not restricted by language, latitude or attitude. It's free to roam far and wide as nature intended. Discover new sounds this hour from Lolomis and Locarno, and Tinariwen share a rarity from their illustrious career. We unwrap another gift from Sam Redmore's Modulate album while Skekewiff revitalize a Dean Martin crooner. Music's the key to a brave and better world. Share it with...