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World Beat Canada Radio November 15 2025

Happy 25th birthday to the iPod! It inspired this weekly hour of contemporary global music, and it's probably hiding in the back of your junk drawer. You'll want to download this show which is loaded with new spins from distant lands, like Yalla Miku's Eritrean/Swiss post-punk, Venezuelan rhythms updated by Venezonix, more Mariachi El Bronx and a debut from Alex Cuba's Indole! Join us on the air and on the pod.

 

Yalla Miku - Al Sayf

Venezonix - Para Cantarle A San Juan (feat. San Juan USA)

Alex Cuba - Para Contarte Este Amor CANCON

Tasha T, Mel Dube, Kandice KASH - Show Us The Way CANCON

Mariachi El Bronx - Forgive Or Forget

Noura Mint Seymali - Ch'tib (Naha)

Skeewiff - Man Of Constant Sorrow 

Speech, Neneh Cherry - Braided Hair

Zuaraz - O Faith 

Rebekka Bakken - Mit Hjerte Alltid Vanker 

Naked Family - Chihuahau 

Syd de Palma - Principe 

Kraak & Smaak - Keep On Searching 

 

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World Beat Canada Radio November 8 2025

Sending our radio signal into space, a cosmic ambassador of human diversity and culture. This hour, new music from Pernambuco in North Eastern Brazil, rockin' Kurdish spike fiddle from Tehran, another debut from Tunisian Canadian project, Didon, Baltic ska from Moldova and Welsh meets Latin from Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18. Lock onto our signal. World Beat Canada Radio!

 

Grupo Bongar & Maga Bo - Manhaca 

Makaperkum - DNB Princesa 

Afrotronix - Oda Ye  CANCON

Didon - Ballyah CANCON

Mehrnam  Rastegari - Kabouki 

WITCH - Quenless King 

Dubmones - Pet Semetary (Dub Sactuary)

Zdob Si Zdub - Bastia Mafia!

Talvin Singh - The Beat Goes On 

Djekady - Democracy 

Sonova - Feels So Right CANCON

Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - Te Adoro 

Ludovico Einaudi, Leo Einaudi - Pathos Remix 

 

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World Beat Canada Radio November 1 2025

As the world unravels around us, we hold tight to the ties that bind, music in particular; healing dub reggae for Jamaica from Pachyman and SunDub Meets Scientist, a sibling reunion from Sotomayor, Tunisia meets electronics by Didon, even some care-free disco from Estonians RETI, and back to Bollywood with Ex Generation. Reconnect with your world on World Beat Canada Radio.

 

Sotomayor - Vida 

JMMR - Vitamin C 

Didon - Darna CANCON

Bruno Capinan - Meu Preto CANCON

Bab L'Bluz - AmmA 

Ukandanz - War Pigs 

Pachyman - SJU 

Sundub Meets Scientist - Jump And Dance 

Ex Generation - Aao Naa 

Monsieur Doumani - Pissourin  

Novalima - Canto Del Agua 

RETI - Party People (Going Home) 

Pauanne - Pella Perseva Neitsyt 

Didje Doo - Chasing Scents 

 

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World Beat Canada Radio October 25 2025

You can't know the players without a program. We present so much new music, you get a playlist every week and a chart each month to catch up! Sign up at worldbeatinternational.com. This hour it's the best of the best, the top of the global pops. Ten essential tracks, and more debuts just for you. Join us for the latest sounds around. World Beat Canada Radio is on the air and on the pod.

 

Tuuletar - Hyvanyon Loitsu 

Manica Kaur - Ra Ma Da Sa (Youth Heart Chakra Dancehall Mix) 

Cheikh Ibra Fam - Gnou Mbollo 

Shima - Eiyaa 

Antibalas - Solace 

Afrodream - La Musique De Melange 

Nusantara Beat - Tamat 

Eljuri - Luz 

Amadou and Mariam - Sonfo (w/ Fally Ipupa) 

Arc De Soliel - Chimera 

Mandinga Beat - Mae Me Diaz 

Lorien - Feast CANCON

Casapalma - Corazon Aleonado 

The Surfrajettes - Clam Chowder CANCON

 

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World Beat Canada Radio October 18 2025

Welcome to a world without A​-​I artists and algorithmic playlists. Indulge in new music magic each hour, in a community as diverse as the planet itself. Fresh tracks from Geneva's Yalla Miku, Kurdish spike fiddle from Mehnram Rastegari, mbalax from innovator Cheikh Lo and Elisapie's remix of Fleetwood Mac's Dreams in Inuktitut. This is World Beat Canada!

 

Yalla Miku - Alemuye 

Mehrnam Rastegari - Boushehri (Bandari) 

Tanga - Oye Lo Que Digo CANCON

TEKE::TEKE - Setagaya Koya CANCON

Afrodream - Ma Belle 

Cheikh Lo - Carte d'Identite 

Elisapie - Sinnatuum/Dreams (Remix)  CANCON

Pachyman - Color Ahora 

Afro Celt Sound System - Release ​(Remix​) 

Cornershop - The 911 Curry 

Sessa - Vale a Pena 

Mondo Freaks - I'm A Fool 

Temporal Waves - Data Cassette Sunrise CANCON

 

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World Beat Canada Radio October 11 2025

World Beat Canada welcomes Gen Zs who've abandoned algorithms and AI, turning to campus and community radio in greater numbers for hand-curated new music. We deliver this hour with fresh spins from Da Lata, Manika Kaur remixed, global soul from Qais Essar & Sonny Singh + Antibalas. And, a callback to 1995 with Karnak. This stuff never gets old!

 

Cyril Cyril - Les Gen 

Furmiga Dub, ZEBB, Mestre Penha - Reis Caninana 

Jaffa Road - Wordless Melody (Eccodek remix) CANCON

Jesse Cook - One World One Voice  CANCON

Manika Kaur - Ra Ma Da Sa (Youth Heart Chakra Dance Hall Mix) 

Skeewiff - Miserilou 

Alma Afrobeat Ensemble (ft. DJ Farmo) - Siempre Presente 

Karnak - Comendo Uva Na Chuva 

Da Lata - The Lonely City 

Qais Essar & Sonny Singh - Khabaram Raseeda Imshab 

Antibalas - La Ceiba 

The Persian Leaps - Your Loss 

Duende Libre - Ahmadish 

 

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World Beat Canada Radio October 4 2025

It's our Top 10 with a twist, including some new tracks from the albums that brought us our favorite tunes of the month. Plus, some new finds from Mauritanian, Noura Mint Seymali, Adham Shaikh, Afrodream and Venezonix. Breaking new beats for today's world, join us this week for World Beat Canada.

 

Ammar 808 - Rakeb Aalhamra (feat. Brahim Raihi)

Fatbabs - End Of War (feat. Jah Lil) 

Eljuri - Luz 

Balthvs - Lovin' (Eric Hilton's Trust A Thief Mix) 

Cheikh Ibra Fam - Yolele 

Didje Doo - An Ka Belebele feat. Abou Diarra 

Shima - Maitake 

Nustantara Beat - Tamat 

Arc de Soliel - Bina Tifa 

Amadou and Mariam - Sonfo (w/Fally Ipupa)

Noura Mint Seymali - Ch'tib (Nana)

Adham Shaikh - Mountains Of Morocco CANCON

Afrodream - Ma Belle 

Venezonix feat. MPeach - Culebra

Magic Sands - Baja Norte 

 

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World Beat Canada Radio September 27 2025

Be among the very first to hear new Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra (at The Pearl in Vancouver December 12th). In fact, everything is new this hour including a Sei remix from TEKE::TEKE, a Furmiga Dub remix of Jacuma, gorge new Andalucian from Lontras, and to honour The Who, The Overture from Tommy - A Bluegrass Opry. The Song Is Over but we're just getting started on World Beat Canada!

 

Antibalas - La Ceiba

Afrodream - Ma Mare 

TEKE::TEKE - Gotuku Lemon (Sei Remix) CANCON

Kelly Bado - Silver Lining CANCON

Djekady - Koromanti #1/Primpin 

Helado Negro - More 

The Hillbenders - Overture ​from Tommy

Tracudum - Jacuma (Furmiga Dub Remix) 

Carlos Dafe & Adrian Younge - O Baile Funk Vai Rolar 

Arc de Soliel - Sunchaser 

Lontras - Presaxios 

Joana De Diego - Veu Ardent 

Salvar Donana - Utopia 

TEED - The Echo 

 

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