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.

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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 from The Life Aquatic and Cornershop reprise a Brimful Of Asha. It’s World Beat Canada Radio!

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 times.

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!

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 you’ve never been with World Beat Canada!

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 time!

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!

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 World Beat Canada!

Pop the top on a fresh can of crunchy good Global! Debuts this hour satiate our appetite for real change, like gun control from Dahlia Dumont with Semi-Automatic Trinket, spicy urban flaves from MTL Sauce Picante, Clash-inspired revolutionary spins from Rachid Taha and The Ratchets, and Real World introduces The Almighty Groove from Frere d’Afrique. Our world spins your way on World Beat Canada!