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World Beat Canada Radio June 7 2025

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 Ztam (Get Busy) 

Tagua Tagua - Lado a Lado 

Warsaw Village Band & Bassalyki - Czas Kosic (Time To Reap) 

Kuunatic - Sysygy And A Counter Truth 

Danzon El Gato - La Lucha 

Witch - Queenless King 

Orbital Ensemble - Daydreams  CANCON

Sofi Tukker - Cafune (feat. Channel Tres)

The Jade - Let The Light In 

Sonova - Track The Groove (Eccodek Groovinator Remix)  CANCON

 

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World Beat Canada Radio May 31 2025

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 808 - Ah Yallila (ft. Mariem Bettouhami & Mahmoud Labibi)

Couto w/Toto Berriel - Bailadora  CANCON

Kazdoura - Killo Birooh CANCON

Sofi Kourtesis - Unidos

Mylene - Eleanor Rigby 

Oluma - Felantropique 

Zuaraz - Pinguica 

Dengue Fever - Wake Me Up Slowly 

Claudio Corona - Imagination Unlimited

Gabriel De Rosa - No Fundo 

Peyoti For President - Your Comfort Zone Will Kill You

Pachyman - Calor Ahora 

 

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World Beat Canada Radio May 24 2025

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 - Ta'alu Nitabbil (Let's Drum) CANCON

Empanadas Illegales - Gher Bede (La Sanguijuela)  CANCON

Sofi Tukker (feat. The Knocks) - Brazilian Soul 

Bokante - Illimineau 

Badi Assad - Royals 

Perkalaba feat. Eugene Hutz - Didoborodaty 

La Vida Boheme - Cementerio Del Este 

Mad Professor, Odario & Yolanda Sargeant  - The Situation Dub 

Lontras - Neve E Luz 

Vimma - Ei Noi Muut 

Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia - Stromboli 

 

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World Beat Canada Radio May 17 2025

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 Sol 

TEKE::TEKE - Doppelganger ​CANCON

Ferreira - Baila CANCON

Sofi Tukker w/ Seu Jorge - Bread (Butter Version) 

Grecia Alban - Uku Nan

Monophonics - Summer Breeze 

MaSuper Star - Airtime (DJ Mpula & Batida remix) 

London Afrobeat Collective - Topesa Esengo Na Motema (Bosq Remix) 

Baiuca & Isaro - Xorieri 

BLK JKS - Maiga Mali Mansa Musa 

Adham Shaikh feat. Kinnie Starr & Chase Iron Eyes - Who Will Save Our Water  CANCON

Ultrabomb - Who Knows 

Jaime Ospina - El Viento 

 

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World Beat Canada Radio May 10 2025

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 

TEKE::TEKE - Setagaya Koya CANCON

Tamar Ilana & Ventanas - Eivissa  CANCON 

Cheikh Ibra Fam - Xam Xam 

The Sachal Ensemble w/ Sean Lennon - What's So Funny About Peace Love And Understanding? 

The Bogie Band feat. Joe Russo - Take Them On 

Fiamma Fumana - Corrente Nera 

Songhoy Blues - Issa 

Manika Kaur - Siddhartha 

The Ratchets - The Way Things Are 

Gdzila - No Competition 

Jungle Fire - LA Kossa 

Joao Selva - Amor em Copacabana 

Jantra - Feej (Misumena Remix) 

 

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World Beat Canada Radio May 3 2025

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​ -​ Shotan 

Sosun Suh X Rise Ashen - Convergence  CANCON

Sonova - Boarding Pass CANCON

​Ronroneo - Esa Nube Se Simula Tanto Ati

Albert Pla - T​ake A Wak On The Wild Side

DJ Dolores & Orchestra Santa Massa - A Danca da Moda 

Kiran Ahluwalia - Mustt Mustt CANCON

Restinga - Free Baby

Buscabulla - ​El Camino 

Francis Bebey - ​Quand Le Soleil Est Le Quand

Flying Vipers - Jackals 

Sa​lvar Donana - Fumando En La Terraza

L'eclair - Odessos 

 

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World Beat Canada Radio April 26 2025

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 - Yellow Serpent 

Adrian Raso - The Devil Rides Again (w/Fanfare Ciocarlia) CANCON

Five Alarm Funk - Grease Tank CANCON

Marina y su Melao - Caribe y Sabrosura 

Bahama Soul Club - Zambujeira 

Ukandanz - War Pigs 

Afrosonics - Jet Powered 

Horace X - U.K. Cosmopolitan Sound 

Claude Fontaine - Vaqueiro 

Hot 8 Brass Band - Respect My Mind  

The McCharmlys - You'll Be Fine 

Danzon El Gato - Soopa 

 

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World Beat Canada Radio April 19 2025

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 - Congo Blinders

Adrian Younge - Ainda Preciso do Sol 

Red Baraat - Thums Up 

Balthvs - Year Of The Snake 

Danzon El Gato - La Lucha 

Al-Qasar - Ssir w Ztam (Get Busy)

Warsaw Village Band & Bassalyki - Czas kosic (Time To Reap)

The Zawose Queens - Mapendo

Cheikh Ibra Fam - Xam Xam 

Empanadas Illegales - Chancletazo CANCON

El Leon Pardo - La Perica 

Sonova - Boarding Pass CANCON

 

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