We're house cleaning; tidying the top of the desk after a windfall of autumn releases, and we've uncovered some stellar samba soul from Uruguay with Martin Buscaglia and Julieta Rada, brand new Sephardic flamenco from Tamar Ilana & Ventanas, trap 'n bass beats from Galicia, Clash -inspired ska from The Ratchets and Skeewiff with an homage to music …

This playlist will knock you out from the first note of The Last Ninja! Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra celebrate 35 years as the biggest, fastest and brassiest. Plus, new Trancetronics from Saagara, Sonova, Galathea from Italy and Radiotronica from Mexico. A global grand slam from World Beat Canada! Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - The Last Ninja Saaga…

In a highly compressed musicverse, we hand-curate and modulate every track so you don't have to! This hour, the Top 10 off our monthly Top 30 keeping you up to date with the latest and finest from around the world. Plus, debuts from Tunisian-Americans, Didon, Sao Paulo 30 year veteran, Ze Nigro, Andalucians Salvar Donana and a Polish treat for Hall…

Combine the international language of music with the telltale signs of body language and you have a great reason to dance! We've got a mix of movers to share this hour from Indian Man​, the Naked Family, even a Funky Iman!​ And, more debuts for you from Robin Layne, Los Bitchos and Eric Hilton plus modern traditional sounds from Korea. Open your ea…

Weather, war and elections; give yourself an hour to reflect and enjoy how the world could sound in harmony. Celebrating Vancouver LIVE with spins from Lido Pimienta and Polyrhythmics, and we dig deeper into Ova from the Afro Celts and Viva Tu from Manu Chao. Keeping time with the beat of the world, you've found World Beat Canada Radio! Afro Celt S…

New releases are dropping like autumn leaves, and we've raked together a nice pile. This week, all new, all hour! Enjoy album debuts, title tunes and inside tracks from Afro Celts, Sonova, Kit Sebastian, El Khat, Polyrhythmics and The Ramones in a dubby style. Where else but on World Beat Canada Radio! Take a ride on the global side. Afro Celt Soun…

The revolution will not be digitized, it will spin at 33 1/3 rpm and it's going global. Manu Chao looks for a bridge over the River Why, we debut Iberian charro folktronica, The Who's Tommy gets bent bluegrass style, we serve up MTL Sauce Picante and even a little punk polka with Who Stole The Keeshka. Your link to the latest World Beat is right he…

Mali's Amadou and Mariam have been making beautiful music for 50 years! La Vie Est Belle (Life Is Beautiful) is the latest and we debut the album opener. Radio Chevere hits the air from Rio 18 (Dies Ocho). More music for divided Nicosia with psych-folk by Cypriots, Buzz Ayaz, and global picker Gitkin drops new licks from Golden Age. Get the jump on…

This week: buzz-worthy beats direct from Cyprus and the divided city of Nicosia. Glitterbeat introduces our ears to Buzz Ayaz. Sonic alchemist Baiuca teams up again with fellow Galician, Carlangas. Halloween on your mind? Vancity's Empanadas Ilegales teach us La Danza Del Vampiro. And, LA's Claude Fontaine shares her slinky, sexy sophomore, Le Mer …

New trends from old friends this week. The Afro Celts drop one more from their album in waiting, 'Ova' and Manu Chao returns with 'Viva Tu'. We share the album opener. For the Pulp Fiction fan, Skeewiff hot rod Dick Dale's 'Miserilou' and Kiran Ahluwalia whips up a 'Pancake' for us. Sign up for the E-Blast at www.worldbeatcanada.com. Manu Chao - Tu…

Give us this day ... Sofi Tukker introduce us to their carbolicious new album, Bread. Sonova balance a Girl On A Wire, Brownout sub out Ozzy for Latin horns on Iron Man. We revisit South Asian invasion trailblazer Nitin Sawney and debut a 'Jawbreaker' from Sao Paulo's Nomade Orchestra. Delivering beats and treats for the Labour Day weekend, it's Wo…

Keeping time with crossing cultures this week starting with the harmony of Basque and Galician voices. Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 take afrobeat to the TOP. Introducing psychedelic salsa from Rio 18, a power punk palette cleanser from Ultrabomb and Soweto Gospel Choir X Groove Terminator Ride Like The Wind! Think globally, listen locally, World Beat Can…

15 exciting spins squeezed into 60 minutes. This is concentrated global goodness with fresh tracks from The EEs, Witch No He & Sus Santos, plus surf, punk, sci-fi guitarist Scott Helland with Soylent Seafom Green. It's our people that make it so tasty! World Beat Canada Radio - get into it! The EEs w/ Arema Arega & Regis Molina - Con SentimientoWIT…

What do Alan Lomax, Moby, Soweto Gospel Choir and Groove Terminator all have in common? You'll want to hear our first stirring spin! And, stick around for Jaffa Road's Wordless Melody (the Eccodek remix), another pre-release from Afro Celt's Ova, summer surf sounds from the Surfrajettes and Brasil's brassy Carnaval band Charanga parade Britney's To…

Inviting the world, just like Paris, and we set it to music. Get your Bom Bom on with Angolan DJ Mpula's Batida, a tribute to kora master Toumani Diabate, Chinese folk rock from Sharen, jazzfest darlings Y La Bamba, A sitar trip to Hotel California and even new power punk from super trio Ultrabomb! This is free range radio from World Beat Canada. B…

You Rock! That doesn't mean you can't be global curious. This hour, Malian electric fro​m Amadou et Mariam, tropical surf​ lounge from Balthvs, Spanish trip-hop from Homina and Fanfare Ciocarlia Balkan ​brassify Spencer Davis! Com​e on! You gotta be curious! One hour, once a week, expand your​ musical horizons with World Beat Canada Radio. Amadou e…

Pick your spot in the sun and spend an hour contemplating life with a global soundtrack. It's new music fresh from the source, with soulful debuts from Indian Man and Canadian Nigerian, Sojiii. Kayam opens the Atlas with their Falafel Pop. Our Album Cover Of The Week by Meridian Brothers hits with En El Caribe Estoy Triste and Martin Buscaglia pond…

Sign up for our weekly e-blast at worldbeatinternational.com and you'll get, among other things, our monthly Top 30 chart which stacks up our favourite tracks for you. This hour we skim off the top 10 from our latest chart and tag on some homegrown global from Ottawa's Dystoh and their take on You've Got The Eyes Of A Stranger and another fresh spi…

Down on the World Beat farm we hand-pick every single single from a bounty of new summer releases. And, this week we present an encore hour of only debuts, including The Zawose Queens from Tanzania, Amadou & Mariam from Mali, Molchat Doma from Belarus and Manu Chao from all over the place! It's what the world sounds like today, World Beat Canada Ra…

All new, all debuts! It's a full hour spotlighting our most recent arrivals, from Angelica Garcia and Alex Henry Foster to Seun Kuti, Sinsei 80, Sonova and Tasheeno! From the underground to the leading edge we're keeping time with the beat of the world at World Beat Canada Radio. Angelica Garcia - Color de Dolor Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 with Damien Jr.…

Aggressive, progressive and impressive mix of global beats from Africa, Japan, India and Italy with debuts from WITCH, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Kevin Finseth & Asli Maj, Kiltro and Captain Planet. For your ears only on World Beat Canada Radio! WITCH - Stop The Rot Tinariwen - Anemouhagh Alpha Yaya Diallo - Doye Doye CANCON Rumba Calzada - Feel The Sun CA…

Dance like nobody's watching. Invitations from Novalima as we debut La Danza, Battle Of Santiago with Pa'Bailar, shake it up with a new spin of Zamrock from Witch and Alpha Blondy reggaefies Zepplin's Whole Lotta Love. Way down inside, you need it. World Beat Canada Radio! Novalima - La Danza Les Mamans Du Congo & Rrobin - Mpemba Battle Of Santiago…

From Astrophobia to Afrotopia, we explore strange new musical worlds with Faizal Mostrixx from Kampala, Santiago shoegazers, Maff, Argentinian avant-garde punk from Blanco Teta (White Tit) and The Manakooras treat us to the Howl Of The Jaguar! Only on World Beat Canada Radio! Baaba Maal - Freak Out Moonshine Collective - Afrotopia CANCON Rumba Calz…

It 's International Surf Music Month and National Accordion Awareness Month! There are a lot of ways to celebrate June. We choose debuts of the best in global grooves like: flamenco synthpunk from Seville's Salvar Donana, new Sufi fusion from Iraq's Ahmed Moneka, Sonova's got your motivation from the new Future Grateful Vol.1, even some nu-disco fr…

Diversify your global investment with an hour of what the world is listening to! Groove Professor, Jef Stott gets us started with new ear candy. Tunisian-American EMEL introduces 100% woman-made music. Another Ska-laden debut from Los Furios, Cambodian psych from Dengue Fever and a positive spin from Nosotros are also in the mix. Then, Kyiv's Natas…

Electric strings on different things this hour. Adama Yalomba plugs in the ancient N'dan, a six string harp from Mali. From Niger it's frenetic distortion by Tuareg rocker Mdou Moctar. Balkan Taksim wrap the sounds of the baglama, Aytac Dogan and quanun around electronic beats. We debut the first of 3 EPs which comprise Andrew McPherson's new groov…

The world gifts us her best spins this week! You gotta love an album that starts with a flourish and ends with a bang. We debut the closer from Bab L'Bluz' new release. Mexican-Canadian Boogat shares a Brazilian twist in a collab with Diogo Ramos from the new Del Horizonte. Cuckoo is the latest release from Toronto's Slavic/​Balkan/Klezmer/party Pu…

The sounds of our ancestors morph into the future with digital creativity! Debuting a global sci-fi soundtrack from DJ Raff and La Yegros. Radio fans, Los Furios salute the airwaves with another spin from Old Ghosts. An oldie but goodie, Spanish Flea from the Tijuana Brass gets Skeewiff'd and we share the opener from CeU's 6th album, Novela. And, t…

Today's theme is Imagination Unlimited (by Claudio Corona). Quebec City Mexican-Canadian Boogat drops Del Horizonte with the album opener featuring Okan. From the imagination behind Eccodek and Peppermoth comes Sonova, funky grooves to heal a desperate world. Plus, Seville-based nuevo-flamenco from Yeli Yeli, and, in the words of Elisapie and The W…

Putumayo continues to make world music accessible to the globally-curious. We sample two of their latest compilations off the top. Talk about global music projects; Vancouver's Los Furios have just released Old Ghosts recorded in different venues, studios, kitchens and hemispheres between Canada and New Zealand. We bring a debut. And, Elisapie from…

Not all wonders are celestial. Consider this week's playlist which transits from Sicily (Galathea) to Ecuador (Hermanos Guitierrez), intersecting new spins from CeU and Afro Celt Sound System. And, Skeewiff redux Nancy Sinatra. One of these days these beats are going to walk all over you. Submit to the best music you'll never hear anywhere else but…

Opening new frontiers in Afrobeat from the most unexpected places! From Chile comes the 13 piece Newen Afrobeat featuring Fela Kuti's former band leader, and London Afrobeat Collective celebrate Freedom. The two Ottawa founders of Souljazz Orchestra introduce us to Dystoh and a cover of the Payolas 'Eyes Of A Stranger'. Eccodek remixed and Yin Yin …

Once again, it's an embarrassment of brand new spins that keeps World Beat Canada well beyond the rest. This week a trio born in Moscow combine traditional folklore and electronic savvy as the Nickadimus Experience. ZA! and Perrate introduce us to experimental flamenco Dadaism on Joili Fanto, Kiran Ahluwalia serves up her entire menu for Comfort Fo…

Wrap your ears around some sassed-up Serbian Balkan brass. It's our debut of the playful ShazaLaKazoo! Plus, more ginchy cool tropical from Cheo. And, first spins for Meril Wublin and Nabihah Iqbal. Vancouver's Empanadas Ilegales share the most Canadian tune ever, Tobagan. From Coast to coast to coast, Canada loves its World Beat! Join us. ShazaLaK…

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 C…

An hour that totally rocks off the top! Tokyo Ska Paradise debut an action-packed cinematic soundtrack for The Last Ninja, then frenetic Tuareg shredder Mdou Moctar unleashes the first single for a forthcoming album. Guelph, Ontario's Jaffa Road get the remix treatment by neighbor, Eccodek. Skeewiff restore Quincy Jones' bombastic Soul Bossa Nova, …

Our world. It's weird and wonderful. We share a bit of both for your ears each week. French Moroccan phenom, Bab L'Bluz will be dropping their 2nd album shortly. We tease you with a debut. You'll meet Go.Soul.Map. (that's Sicilian producer Salvo 'Dub' Bruno). New music from Quebec City's Boogat, Naked Family and the venomous poetry of Johnny Lydon …

Hand-crafted and curated, culled from the cutting-edge of global music expression. Debuts this week from the undisputed queen of nu-cumbia La Yergos, London Afrobeat Collective, Temporal Waves, Balthvs, Eric Hilton and Radiotronica. Connect with our playlist at World Beat Canada Radio! La Yergos - Bailarin London Afrobeat Collective - Freedom Ezra …

From trance to dance, Galician producer Baiuca shifts gears on his new single. The queen of flow Espanol, Ana Tijoux returns with her first new album in 10 years. We debut our pick from Vida. Eccodek treats us to a live recording and a peek Behind The Mask while Italian producer DJ Brahms drops a never before heard new recording with two Sicilian m…

Shut up! Seriously? The Afro Celt Sound System is back? It's true, with a brand new single for Valentine's called Magical Love. Plus, new Ibibio Sound Machine and Kiran Ahluwalia serves a Pancake breakfast for her beau Rez Abasi. New music from Leon in Spain from Pajaro Sunrise and another sublime Sicilian track from Galathea. It's World Beat Canad…

From Abstraktor to Yin Yin it's a cornucopia of contemporary global grooves this hour. So many fresh spins, like Empanadas Ilegales from their Vancouver rooftop! Haitian American, Nathalie Joachim asks Who Are You while Oluma ask what would happen if Fela grew up in the Caribbean? And, three titans of global, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Horace Andy and Chico…

Kiran Ahluwalia serves up a tasty breakfast for Valentines, a new single from the forthcoming Comfort Food. Meanwhile DJ Massimo Napoli delivers Sacred Love from Sicily. Vancity bhangra rockers En Karma are back along with surprising reggae from landlocked Switzerland by new band, JAR. More fresh spins for 2024 only on World Beat Canada Radio! Sofi…

Second singles from two forthcoming releases by eclectic French-Colombian bassist/singer Eda Diaz and the flawless Flaws from Musow Danse by Les Amazones d'Afrique. More Nu-Norwegian from Gangar, preserving a language and culture it's the Garifuna Collective and Seun Kuti joins Sinead O'Connor in loose and funky tribute to James Brown. World Beat C…

Two trips to Senegal for DK Phone and soul food from Awale Jant Band. New for 2024 from Radiotronica and we go underground with Da Lata and Underground System.PLUS local love from Compassion Gorilla and Los Duendes. Can you dig? It's World Beat Canada Radio. DK Phone w/ Mara Seck & Liam Farrell - Goree Demba 2:55 Zuco 103 - Aruenda 3:21 Compassion …

New music for a new year, it 's always a good policy around here! First out of the gate, perfect for a US election year, it's Peyoti For President plus reggae from the Whytehouse. A deep new groove from Bahama Soul Club. Cinematic South Asian from Khanvict X Rajinder and the new Miami sound with Tony & The Kings remixed by Empresarios. Step lively …

Inside spins from the global albums that topped our chart each month in 2023. We wrap up the year with a calendar of the best beats from World Beat Canada Radio! Gaye Su Akyol - Sen Benim Magfaramsin Acid Arab - Halim Guelil (feat. Cheb Halim) Baaba Maal - Freak Out Witch - Waile Bokante - Bliss Alpha Yaya Diallo - Doye Doye Ritmo Machine - Red Bul…

A one hour palette cleanser for your ears. No jingle bells, just joy to the world music makers everywhere with freshly baked treats from Sandunes, Los Duendes even Vancity's own Rumba Calzada with a Latin twist on M's Pop Muzik! New York, London, Paris, Munich, everybody talk about World Music from World Beat Canada Radio! Les Amazones d'Afrique - …

A couple of ground pounders to start; rai and chaabi from Sami Galibi and Gdzilla from Lagos with a new EP. Cool Canadian from Kiran Ahluwalia and Eccodek remixed by the Delia Derbbyshire Appreciation Society. Madrid Trio, Demetrio riff on Argentine Electric Chacarera and The Ventures surf through Fly Me To The Moon. World Beat that's out of this w…

For those about to rock, we salute you! Global plugs in this hour with some new tropical rock from Toronto by Blumarelo, distortion meets ritualism in Senegal by Ndox Electrique, and The Lost Fingers do a Django Reinhardt-inspired tribute to Rush. We look back at the singular voice of the late Sinead O'Connor and the sublime vocal artistry of Corsi…

If you enjoyed our Album/Single Cover Of The Week, stay tuned for the debut of the track. Plus, Acid Arab gets even phatter with the R3HAB remix of Habaytak. C'ammafunk from Salerno, Italy summon the Thunder, Eccodek gets the King Infinity remix for Second Bird Calling. Throw in some genuine sitar funk from Alpacas Collective and experimental gut-b…