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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 Can

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 tap

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