Simply the best. This hour, we present choice cuts from our favorite global albums of 2025, as culled from our monthly top 30 charts. Get our calendar by subscribing to our weekly e-blast at worldbeatinternational.com and play along! Happy New Year from World Beat Canada Radio! Al-Qazar - Kisisel Isa (Personal Jesus) Warsaw Village Band w/ Bassalyki - Kalinowy Mostek (Wayfaring Tree Bridge) Danzon El Gato - Twangy Morocco Kuunatic - Yellow Serpent Ammar 808 - Ah Yalila (ft. Mariem Bettouhami & Mahmoud Lahbib) WITCH - Tiponde Madzi Empanadas Illegales - La Trifulca CANCON Didje Doo - Hotel Mosquito Arc de Soliel - Lumin Rain Eljuri - Karma Nusantara Beat - Kalangkang Afrodream - La Musique De Melange Peppermoth - At Rest CANCON 59:54
Whether you're circling the lot or parking it on the couch, spend an hour of the holidays with the best music in the world. We welcome latecomers with fresh spins to round out 2025 from Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions, more new Balkin Taskim from Bucharest, the Persian Kamauncheh spike fiddle plugged in by Merhnam Rastergari and Altin Gun tease 2026 with a brand new single. Park it here. World Beat Canada Radio! Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions - Asmali Merhnam Rastergari - Velveleh Alex Cuba - Tiempo Para Vivir CANCON Raj Ramayya - Long Gone Guru CANCON Balkan Taksim - Mokra Gora Mery, Mercy Me (The Ecology) Altin Gun - Neredesin Antibalas - Oasis Venezonix - Tamborera (feat. Vielka Prieto) Mauricio Fleury - Banhado Bombino - Darfuq Lance Ferguson - Caveman Boogie 59:58
Housekeeping this hour so the music library is spick and span for the holidays. We've uncovered some hidden gems to debut plus fresh tracks from Bucharest's Balkan Taksim, dub en francais from Luiza & Bleu Soliel, Zanna the voice of Rio's Metro, a gorg duet from Alex Cuba with Cyrille Aimee and the sublime from Peppermoth's latest, Albedo. A clean sweep in 60 minutes. Join us! Balkan Taksim - Orhideja Baiuca ft. Antia Ameixeiras - Xoia Wesli - Maloya Yanvalou CANCON Peppermoth - I'd Like You To Be Here Forever CANCON Luiza & Bleu Soliel - Soliel Bleu Zanna - Pe de Vento Roge - Road To Nowhere Mr. Vegas - Alive (Year 2025) Alex Cuba w/ Cyrille Aimee - All My Nights CANCON Nusantara Beat - Bunga Mekar Idrissa Soumaoro - Kaleta Polyrhythmics - Smoke & Mirrors Elena Baklava - Bajrak The Salt Collective - Asylum Cochemea - Omeyocan 59:51
The evolving, ever-changing world of music stands to be counted. We skim off the top of our monthy Top 30 chart, including new spins from Afro-Colombians Nuevos Rios, Haitian-Canadian Wesli and a breath of fresh air from Peppermoth, Andrew McPherson's sublime new album of ambient, Albedo! Dive in! It's what the world is coming to, World Beat Canada Radio. Yalla Miku - Al Sayf Manica Kaur - Ra Ma Da Sa (Youth Heart Chakra Dancehall Mix) Amadou and Mariam - Sonfo (w/Fally Ipupa) Shima - Maitake Nuevos Rios - Sumba Ale Mariachi El Bronx - Forgive Or Forget Antibalas - Oasis Eljuri - Luz Afrodream - Jambar Nusantara Beat - Tamat Peppermoth - Albedo CANCON Wesli - Afro B CANCON Babasonicos - Seperate Revelations Bei Bei - Two Moons 59:53
When November gives you a dark and stormy night at 12 noon, do what Senor Coconut does and give it a merengue beat! That's on deck this hour along with a remix from Galician sound designer, Baiuca, brand new Polyrhythmics, Tunisian rhythms from Didon, Haitian kongo from Wesli and rogue Latin riddims from NYC experimentalists Zemog El Gallo. Your world in music from A to Z this hour from World beat Canada! Baiuca - PAEQB (Ale Acosta Remix) Polyrhythmics - Life From Below Wesli - Ayaya CANCON Didon - Junoon CANCON Amadou and Mariam - L'amour A La Folie Afrodream - Ma Mare Senor Coconut - Riders On The Storm Gilmar Gomez - Cantador Adrian Younge - Ainda Preciso do Sol Chlopcy Kontra Band - Mam Ja Meza Congotronics International - Super Duper Rescue Allstars Zemog El Gallo - Pavera Bitter:Sweet- Marvin Lance Ferguson - Losalmitoslatinfunklovesong 59:38
The Surfrajettes turn up the reverb and drop the puck on The True North's second anthem, Hockey Night In Canada! Plus, new Afro-Colombian from Nuevos Rios, new Brazilian-Caribbean from Iuna Falcao and a Ghanian song of empowerment for girls, "No Orgasm In Heaven". Ponder life's little mysteries with World Beat Canada! Nuevos Rios - Sumba Ale Nusantara Beat - Kalangkang Joy Brandt & Bruno Capinan - Laguna CANCON Alex Cuba - Tiempo Para Vivir CANCON Antibalas - Solace The Surfrajettes - Hockey Night In Canada CANCON Iuna Falcao - Feminina Delgres - Mo Jodi Polyrhythmics - Clydsdale Lamisi - No Orgasm In Heaven Sinouj - Hak Dellali (Voodoo Cuts Remix) Cheikh Lo - Jikko Ozomatli - Mi Destino Babu - I Believe Her Ex Generation - Bandra Hustle 59:46
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 59:42
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 59:55
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 59:55
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 59:53
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 59:57
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 59:57
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 59:59
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 59:50
Celebrating seasonal shifts and departed friends to start. Abebayehosh is a song Ethiopian girls sing to mark the autumn and their New Year. L'amour a la Folie (Love Is Mad) the final album by Amadou & Mariam drops shortly. We debut the title track. You'll also hear A Sonova remix, Yugoslav dub, nocturnal Brazilian soul and so much more. It's World Beat Canada Radio! Meklit - Abebayehosh Amadou & Mariam - L'amour a la folie Kiran Ahluwalia - Saat (Seven) CANCON Sonova - Bond Trader (Klark B3nt Remix) CANCON Alambic - Vacances Gachees Roge - Road To Nowhere Adama Yalomba - Baba La Cherga - Cooking Dub XHAE - Bidi Bidi (Boy Next Door) Sessa - Vale A Pena Gao Hong & Bajuji Shrivastar - Bluestar Sapphire The Rachets - The Way Things Are (Glory Bound) Shima - 1807 Magic Sands - Hawai'i Kai 59:46
We help Bongo Joe celebrate 10 years of uncovering the unconventional with two outside tracks from their new compilation. Plus, a debut from the forthcoming final release by Amadou & Mariam, more magic from Arc de Soliel (Commodore, Vancouver Sept.17) and ginchy Mexican bachelor pad music from Matorralman. Yeah, baby! It's World Beat Canada. Esplendor Geometrico - Moscu Esta Helado Nordine Staifi - Zine Ezzinet Buckman Coe (feat. Caleb Hart) - Gibberish Dub CANCON Dystoh - Let Me Be CANCON Amadou & Mariam - Sonfo(feat. Fally Ipupa) Sofi Tukker - Veneno (w/ Mari Merenda & Sophia Ardessore) Arc de Soliel - Sunchaser Chicha Libre (feat. Son Rompe Pera) - Tequila Matorralman - Tema De Monamu Fatbabs - Confiance en Toi (feat. Claye) Didje Doo - Chasing Scents Mamah Soares - Banho De Abo feat. Otis Rodina - Good People Youthi & Macca Dread - Jungle Groove 59:52
Buckle up, buttercup! We take the road less travelled this hour with stops in Eretria, Turkmenistan, Japan and Finland. Plus, new music from BC sound designer Adham Shaikh, a debut from Making Movies, and more Dolby Atmos from Jordan Gray. It's the twists and turns that make this ride on the global side. World Beat Canada Radio! Tuuletar - Hyvanyon Loitsu Da Lata - Arena Adham Shaikh - Mountains Of Morocco CANCON Diogo Ramos & Boogat - Sua Mao Direita CANCON Making Movies w/ Ruben Blades - No Te Calles Shima - Eiyaa Alpha Blondy - Hey Jack Alsarah & The Nubatones - 3yan T3ban Made Kuti - Free Your Mind Elena Baklava - Bajrak Glisz - Moud Yalla Miku - Asmazate Phenomenal Handclap Band - Worlds Away Justin Gray - The River's Edge CANCON 59:52
Pickin' and grinnin' as we present the Top 10 tracks from our monthly World Beat chart! Count them down with us and then find some headphones, or stick your ears between the speakers for an immersive example of Dolby Atmos 360 degree sound from Canadian Justin Gray, and we Come Back To Joy with ear candy on the way out from Sonova. Keeping time with the beat of the world! The Cavemen - Dancing Shoes Damba Kele - Siraba Eljuri - La Vida Balthvs - Flesh And Soul Baba Zula - Arsiz Saagan (Cheeky Magpie) Arc De Soleil - Chimera Cheikh Ibra Fam - Sali Didje Doo - An Ka Belebele (feat. Abou Diarra fr. Mali) Ammar 808 - Ah Yallila (ft. Mariem Bettouhami) Witch - Kamusale Justin Gray - Pendulum CANCON Nusantara Beat - Djanger Sonova - Come Back To Joy CANCON 59:00
Shima balances Japanese tradition and futurism in the tale of a magic mushroom and ... we're tripping through the next hour, with Karma from Eljuri, on the Road To Nowhere in a Talking Heads tribute, challenging the Arctic with Bicep and a ditty about Delilah by Making Movies (Aug.24 @ The Rickshaw). Get your global on! Shima - Maitake Eljuri - Karma 3:45 (Asi Es El Mundo) Orbital Ensemble - Daydreams CANCON Xoco - Guerra CANCON Rumbo Tumba - De Pecho Al Fuego Ireke w/ Agnes Helene & Charly Sanga - Oh Ma Cherie Roge - Road To Nowhere Afro Celt Sound System - Seed Afrotronix - Run Away Ta CANCON Bicep - Takkuuk Delphine - A Deh Pon Dem (Tribute to Rita Marley) Making Movies - Delilah (ft. Ruben Blades) Vanco - Ma Tnsani (Yalla Habibi) Yin Yin - Takahashi Timing 59:55
What do Alan Lomax, Moby, Soweto Gospel Choir and Groove Terminator all have in common? You'll want to hear our first stirring spin! And, stick around for Jaffa Road's Wordless Melody (the Eccodek remix), another pre-release from Afro Celt's Ova, summer surf sounds from the Surfrajettes and Brasil's brassy Carnaval band Charanga parade Britney's Toxic. Keeping time with the beat of the world, it's World Beat Canada Radio! Soweto Gospel Choir X Groove Terminator - Troubled DJ Raff - Solsticio Jaffa Road - Wordless Melody (Eccodek Remix) CANCON Orquesta Akokan - Pan Con Tibiri Melike Sahin - Ortak Thiago Franca & A Espetacular Charanga Do Franca - Toxic Maetar - In The Sun Afro Celt Sound System - Magical Love) Pilgrim Speakeasy - Plan D The Zawose Queens - Maisha The Surfrajettes - Easy As Pie CANCON Chicha Libre - Caminitos De Mi Pueblo Sim Nagai - Exotica Boogie 59:33