Episodes

Thursday May 02, 2024
World Beat Canada Radio May 4 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
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 - Ancestros
La Yergos - Malicia
Los Furios - Radio CANCON
Kiran Ahluwalia - Zameen Par CANCON
Cheo - Llegaste Tarde
Skeewiff - Spanish Flea
Naked Family - Tumbado En La Hierba Al Sol
Karyna Gomes - Dissa
Nuru Kane - Afrika
Nickodemus - La Noche (feat. Antonio Lizana)
CeU - Raiou
Nation Beat - Give A Little (feat. Christylez Bacon)
Eric Hilton - Mumbai Hustle
59:49

Thursday Apr 25, 2024
World Beat Canada Radio April 27 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
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 Unlimited
Yeli Yeli - Chavico
Boogat - Que i Chingx (feat.Okan)
Sonova - Say My Name
Carmelo Haze - Goza El Calor
AKKAN - Koko Ura
Elisapie - 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 - Zendigi
Jar - Rolling Dice
Montparnasse Musique - Sukuma (ft. Muambuyi)
Las Karamba - Cocteleo
Delone - Vangelo
59:45

Thursday Apr 18, 2024
world Beat Canada Radio April 20 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
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 - Tujivinjari
RAM - Kafou
Los Furios - Crazy World CANCON
Aziza Brahim - Thajliba
Meklit - Digging For Love
Elisapie - Going To California CANCON
Listolet - Stary Dum
DJ Brahms - Fana
Ndox Electrique - He Yay Nalineu
Za! & Perrate - Tarareos
Temporal Waves - Data Cassette Sunrise CANCON
Crystal Fighters - End The Suffering
Radiotronica - Agujero de Gusano
59:36

Thursday Apr 11, 2024
World Beat Canada Radio April 13 2024
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
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 Koulibaly
DK Phone w/Mara Seck & Liam Farrell - Goree Demba
Alex Cuba - Corazon Gitano feat. Antonio Carmona
Cinnamon Sandhu - Materialistic Rani
David Starfire - Ostara (Nyrus Remix)
Schnieke - Tanz Mir Den Untergang
Ekiti Sound - Oba Oluwa feat Prince G
Skeewiff - These Boots Are Made For Walking )
Sidestepper - Me Gustas (No Me Disgustas)
CeU - Gerando na Alta
Afro Celt Sound System - AM
Bab L'Bluz - AmmA
Sofia Kourtesis - El Carmen
Hermanos Guitierrez - Low Sun
59:53

Thursday Apr 04, 2024
World Beat Canada Radio April 6 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
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 Mare
London Afrobeat Collective - Freedom
Bedouin Soundclash - Birds Of A Feather CANCON
Piper Street Sound ft. Andy Bassford - Black Eyed Peace (Victor Rice Remix)
ShazaLaKazoo - Den S'Afino
Dystoh - Eyes Of A Stranger CANCON
Sandunes - Pelican Dance
Nosotros w/ Daniel French - Mentiras
Asian Dub Foundation - Youthquake Pt.1 Greta Speaks
Bahama Soul Club - The Rooster Calls ft. Josephine Nightengale
Rokia Kone/Jacknife Lee - Kurunba
Eccodek - Second Bird Calling (King Infinity Remix) CANCON
Yin Yin - Takahashi Timing
59:59

Thursday Mar 28, 2024
World Beat Canada Radio March 30 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
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 Yagoda
ZA! Perrate - Steve Kahn
Roberto Lopez - Por La Calle CANCON
Kiran Ahluwalia - Zameen Par CANCON
Haroldo Bontempo - Sobe E Desce
Sultans of String - Pinball Wizard CANCON
Baiuca - Alentejo
Thievery Corporation (feat. LouLou Ghelichkhani)- Voyage Libre
The Spy From Cairo - Cosmic Pasha
Crystal Fighters - Carolina
C'Mon Tigre - The Botonist (feat. Seun Kuti)
The Salt Collective - Not Going Back (feat. Chris Stamey, Pat Sansone)
Sun Atlas - Message From The Snakes
59:55

Thursday Mar 21, 2024
World Beat Canada Radio March 23 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
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 - Sol
Cheo - Mango Cool
Empanadas Ilegales - Tobogan
Kiran Ahluwalia - Pancake
Meril Wubslin - Un calme
Nabihah Iqbal - Sky River (Haider Uppal Remix)
Tiken Jah Fakoly feat.Horace Andy, Chico Cesar - Africain a Paris
L.A.B. - Oh No (Pt 2)
Ladama - Underground
Gajanes - Floods Of Diamonds
Jaffa Road (Eccodek Remix) - Wordless Melody
Maetar - In The Sun
58:03

Thursday Mar 14, 2024
World Beat Canada Radio March 16 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
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 - AmmA
Sami Galibi - Rruina
MTL Sauce Picante - Dame Espacio CANCON
Moonshine Collective - Obomi Nga (feat. Uproot Andy/MC Redbull)CANCON
Sus - Cicatriz
Skeewiff - Misirlou
Nino Luchando - Refugio (Jaime Beltran Remix)
Dele Sosimi & The Estuary 21 - Mo Se Bo La Tan
Nosotros - Mama Tierra (Galloping Gil Remix)
Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra ft. Sena - Travelling Man (Dr. Dermot Remix)
Blumalrelo - Maybe You'll Win This Time CANCON
Big Mimma - Pani Mottu
Oluma - Cooking Time
59:45