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  • 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 Calzada - Cumbia Para Mujeres CANCON
    Maff - Act 2 INST
    Easy Star Allstars - Starman (feat. Maxi Priest)
    Chancha Via Ciruito - Ese Peso (feat. Las Anez)
    Altin Gun - Sevda Olmasayd
    Cornershop - Who's Gonna Lite It Up?
    Rogerio Baraquet - I Like Jobim
    Bedouin SoundClash - Walk Through Fire CANCON
    Blanco Teta - Me Kgo Nei Lauro (feat. Lucy Pat)
    Tagaq - Force CANCON
    The Manakooras - Howl Of The Jaguar INST

    59:47

  • 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 from Estonia. Of course we honour the squeeze box with Madagascar's Regis Gizavo and catch a wave with Quebec City's Babalooneys! Surf's always up at World Beat Canada Radio.Salvar Donana - Coser y CantarAhmed Moneka - Sidi MansurBlick Bassy - TodeSonova - I'll Give Them A MotiveBab L'Bluz - BangoroAbdallah Oubadougou - Zag Zag Bass TchillaThe Sachal Ensemble - What's So Funny About Peace, Love & UnderstandingRegis Gizavo/Louis Mhlang/Dave Mirandon - Distant LoverSun Atlas - Intergalactic MediumHaidi & ans Flamingo - Meile KaheleTiraya - TumbaoLemon Bucket Orchestra - Shchedryj Vechor CANCONCheo - Si Estuvieras AquiThe Babalooneys - Oceanside59:41

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  • 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 Natasia Y decries Russia's ecocide in Ukraine plus challenging Balkan experimental folk from Gordan. Hope holds up the world with World Beat Canada Radio!Jef Stott - Yara 4:12EMEL - Massive WillLos Furios - This Means War CANCON)Kiran Ahluwalia - Har Khayal CANCONDengue Fever - Wake Me up SlowlyNosotros - EsperanzaM, Robin Scott, Rumba Calzada - Pop Muzik CANCONCarapaus Afrobeat ft. Tony Allen, Boss AC,Oghene Kologbo -Diablo Na TerraBomba Estereo & Manu Chao - Me DueleCarthnage - Lamman GaloHorace Andy - Dirty Money BusinessNastasia Y - Stolen GreenGordan - SaraC'ammafunk - Pachyphytem59:49

  • 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 groove project, Sonova, and sample fresh tastes from Ibibio Sound Machine and Venezonix' update of Golpe De Tamobor rhythm from Venezuela. It's your world. Tap into World Beat Canada Radio!

    Mdou Moctar - TchintaIbibio Sound Machine - FireCedar Roots - Into The Great Unknown CANCONSonova - Not What You Think It Is CANCONVenezonix - Fuego CandelaBalkan Taksim - ZalinaElisapie - Time After Time CANCONDidge Doo - GaiaBuscabulla - NTEGalathea - Divinite feat. Kadi KoulibalyBaiuca w/ HAEMA - AdeliaAdama Yalomba - BabaThe Babalooneys - Sittin' On The Line CANCON59:32

  • 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 Punks, Lemon Bucket Orkestra, and skate punk turned twang guitarist, Tommy Gerrero takes us Through The Mosaic. It's a lot to love from World Beat Canada Radio!Bab L'Bluz - Mouja Ana Tijoux feat. Talib Kweli & Plug 1 - Tu SaeXoco - Guerra ​CANCONBoogat (w. Diogo Ramos) - Sapatinho​ CANCONJembaa Groove - Asem Ben Sofia Kourtesis - MadresAlpha Blondy - Hey Jack Lemon Bucket Orkestra - Shchedryl Vechor ​CANCONWitch - Waile Zuco 103 - Bom dia Nene CeU - Lustrando estrelas Glass Beams - Mahal Calexico - End Of The World With You Tommy Guerrero - Through The Mosaic 58:02

  • 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, there's plenty more where in the world those came from, this week on World Beat Canada!DJ Raff - AncestrosLa Yergos - MaliciaLos Furios - Radio CANCONKiran Ahluwalia - Zameen Par CANCONCheo - Llegaste TardeSkeewiff - Spanish FleaNaked Family - Tumbado En La Hierba Al SolKaryna Gomes - DissaNuru Kane - AfrikaNickodemus - La Noche (feat. Antonio Lizana)CeU - RaiouNation Beat - Give A Little (feat. Christylez Bacon)Eric Hilton - Mumbai Hustle59:49

  • 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 Westerlies, Wish You Were Here. World Beat Canada Radio!Claudio Corona - Imagination UnlimitedYeli Yeli - ChavicoBoogat - Que i Chingx (feat.Okan)Sonova - Say My NameCarmelo Haze - Goza El CalorAKKAN - Koko UraElisapie - Wish You Were Here (w/ The Westerlies NYC brass)Jembaa Groove - Sweet My Ear (ft. K.O.G.)Lenhart Tapes - Vodu Brala (ft. Tijana Stankovi)Liraz - ZendigiJar - Rolling DiceMontparnasse Musique - Sukuma (ft. Muambuyi)Las Karamba - CocteleoDelone - Vangelo59:45

  • 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 Nunavik in Northern Quebec recalls the radio hits that affected her on her new album of covers, Inuktitut. It's hard to beat World Beat Canada! Misumera - TujivinjariRAM - KafouLos Furios - Crazy World CANCONAziza Brahim - ThajlibaMeklit - Digging For LoveElisapie - Going To California CANCONListolet - Stary DumDJ Brahms - FanaNdox Electrique - He Yay NalineuZa! & Perrate - TarareosTemporal Waves - Data Cassette Sunrise CANCONCrystal Fighters - End The SufferingRadiotronica - Agujero de Gusano59:36

  • 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 World Beat Canada Radio!Galathea - Divinite' feat. Kadi KoulibalyDK Phone w/Mara Seck & Liam Farrell - Goree DembaAlex Cuba - Corazon Gitano feat. Antonio CarmonaCinnamon Sandhu - Materialistic RaniDavid Starfire - Ostara (Nyrus Remix)Schnieke - Tanz Mir Den Untergang

    Ekiti Sound - Oba Oluwa feat Prince GSkeewiff - These Boots Are Made For Walking )Sidestepper - Me Gustas (No Me Disgustas)CeU - Gerando na AltaAfro Celt Sound System - AMBab L'Bluz - AmmASofia Kourtesis - El CarmenHermanos Guitierrez - Low Sun59:53

  • 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 round out another eclectic hour of global grooves from World Beat Canada Radio.Newen Afrobeat - Mare MareLondon Afrobeat Collective - FreedomBedouin Soundclash - Birds Of A Feather CANCONPiper Street Sound ft. Andy Bassford - Black Eyed Peace (Victor Rice Remix)ShazaLaKazoo - Den S'AfinoDystoh - Eyes Of A Stranger CANCONSandunes - Pelican DanceNosotros w/ Daniel French - MentirasAsian Dub Foundation - Youthquake Pt.1 Greta SpeaksBahama Soul Club - The Rooster Calls ft. Josephine NightengaleRokia Kone/Jacknife Lee - KurunbaEccodek - Second Bird Calling (King Infinity Remix) CANCONYin Yin - Takahashi Timing59:59

  • 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 Food and we have the captivating closer PLUS we can finally shine the Light on Crystal Fighters new album. A feast for your ears each week!Nikadimus Experience - Tsarevna YagodaZA! Perrate - Steve KahnRoberto Lopez - Por La Calle CANCONKiran Ahluwalia - Zameen Par CANCONHaroldo Bontempo - Sobe E DesceSultans of String - Pinball Wizard CANCONBaiuca - AlentejoThievery Corporation (feat. LouLou Ghelichkhani)- Voyage LibreThe Spy From Cairo - Cosmic PashaCrystal Fighters - CarolinaC'Mon Tigre - The Botonist (feat. Seun Kuti)The Salt Collective - Not Going Back (feat. Chris Stamey, Pat Sansone)Sun Atlas - Message From The Snakes59:55

  • 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.ShazaLaKazoo - SolCheo - Mango CoolEmpanadas Ilegales - ToboganKiran Ahluwalia - Pancake Meril Wubslin - Un calmeNabihah Iqbal - Sky River (Haider Uppal Remix)Tiken Jah Fakoly feat.Horace Andy, Chico Cesar - Africain a ParisL.A.B. - Oh No (Pt 2)Ladama - UndergroundGajanes - Floods Of DiamondsJaffa Road (Eccodek Remix) - Wordless MelodyMaetar - In The Sun58:03

  • 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 - AmmASami Galibi - RruinaMTL Sauce Picante - Dame Espacio CANCONMoonshine Collective - Obomi Nga (feat. Uproot Andy/MC Redbull)CANCONSus - CicatrizSkeewiff - MisirlouNino Luchando - Refugio (Jaime Beltran Remix)Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21 - Mo Se Bo La TanNosotros - Mama Tierra (Galloping Gil Remix)Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra ft. Sena - Travelling Man (Dr. Dermot Remix)Blumalrelo - Maybe You'll Win This Time CANCONBig Mimma - Pani MottuOluma - Cooking Time59:45

  • 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, plus plenty of new spins from Schnieke, Boogat & El Dusty, Dayme Arocena and more. Keeping time with the beat of the world, it's World Beat Canada Radio.Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - The Last NinjaMdou Moctar - Funeral For JusticeJaffa Road (Eccodek Remix) - Wordless Melody CANCONRumba Calzada - Feel The Sun CANCONDayme Arocena - Por TiSkeewiff - Soul BossanovaAltin Gun - Leylim LeyBombay Rickey - Cowboys & IndianWarsaw Afrobeat Orchestra - Your Way (Remix)Schnieke - StampolBoogat & El Dusty - Ilegal CANCONGalathea - Sacred Love (feat. Giulia La Rosa)Glass Beams - Mahal58:07

  • 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 as a lounge chillout from Nouvelle Vague (that's pretty weird). Keeping time with the beat of the world, it's World Beat Canada!Bab L'Bluz - ImazighenGo.Soul.Map - Walkin' A DreamAstrocolor - Mile High CANCONBoogat - Matar El Ego CANCONAfrican Head Charge - MicrodosingLa Torre - Amor y Miel (Gazzi Remix)Nouvelle Vague - This is Not A Love SongLalalar - Hem Evimsin Hem CehenneminClub d'Elf - Aisha KandishaDobet Gnahore - GniNaked Family - LedaAnoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale - SlitherDemetrio - Escabrabajo59:49

  • 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 - BailarinLondon Afrobeat Collective - FreedomEzra Kwizera - Motema CANCONTemporal Waves - Data Cassette Sunrise CANCONBalthvs - LovinEric Hilton - Mumbai HustleLos Crema Paraiso - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 4:25 (feat. ArgenisAfro Celt Sound System - Magical LoveMr. Pauer - Looking For Your Love (feat. Sofi Encanto & Fitzroy)Montparnasse Musique feat. Muambuyi - LuenduKiran Ahluwalia - Dil CANCONAksak Maboul - Eyelids and PhosphenesRadiotronica - Agujero de gusano59:47

  • 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 musicians. Fantastico! Join us for World Beat Canada Radio!Baiuca - PAEQBAna Tijoux - Tu Sae' (feat. Talib Kweli & Plug 1)Raj Ramayya - Long Gone Guru CANCONEight Thousand Birds - Talk Around CANCONEmpresarios - Gatita Mala (Dr. Diubell Remix)Bibio - SharrattAlbert Pla - Walk On The Wild SideManou Gallo - AlisoThe Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band - Kwang Noi ChaolayAl-Qasar - Hobek Thawrat (feat. Alsarah)Eccodek - Behind The Mask (Live Version) CANCONLes Amazones d'Afrique - FlawsDJ Brahms (feat Mario Crispi & Enzo Rao Camemi) - Fana59:34

  • 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 Canada, keeping time with the beat of of the world.Afro Celt Sound System - Magical LoveIbibio Sound Machine - Gotta Be Who You AreMNGWA - Nubes de Sal CANCONKiran Ahluwalia - Pancake CANCONPajaro Sunrise - The Sweetest ThingBaiuca - EmbruxoMumiy Troll - California DreamingAmorf Ordogok - Parti LanyNdox Electrique - Ngor Diouf Ne u Du Walle uThe Salt Collective - Asylum (feat. Matthew Caws, Juliana Hafield)Tanga - Quito Electro CANCONGalathea - Divinite feat. Kadi KoulibayYin Yin - Tam-Tam58:49

  • 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 Cesar riff on Sting's Englishman In New York. Only on World Beat Canada Radio!

    Abstraktor - AistYin Yin - The Year Of The RabbitEmpanadas Ilegales - La Danza Del Vampiro CANCONKobo Town - London Town CANCONNathalie Joachim (Wah-sheem) - Ki Moun Ou YeTiken Jah Fakoly,Horace Andy,Chico Cesar - Africain A ParisNickodemus - Mama Tchipp (feat. Pat Kalla)Sangit - Another DayL.A.B. - Ocean DemonEccodek (DJ Brahms Mix) - Greeting Goodbye CANCONTheEEs/ Arema Arega & Regis Molina - Con SentimientoOluma - Felantropique

    59:58

  • 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!

    Sofia Kourtesis - Madres Galathea - Equator Kiran Ahluwalia - Pancake En Karma - Tere Te Marda Chulius & The Filamonicos - Leita (feat. Gil Cerezo & Sasha Bubblegum) Balkan Taksim - Lunca Robin Scott & Rumba Calzada - Pop Muzik JAR - Rolling Dice Peyoti For President - Vamos A Nadar Baracutana - Cuida Tus Espaldas Crystal Fighters - Manifest Bombino - Darfuq New Visionaires - The Sunshine

    59:40