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This week: buzz-worthy beats direct from Cyprus and the divided city of Nicosia. Glitterbeat introduces our ears to Buzz Ayaz. Sonic alchemist Baiuca teams up again with fellow Galician, Carlangas. Halloween on your mind? Vancity's Empanadas Ilegales teach us La Danza Del Vampiro. And, LA's Claude Fontaine shares her slinky, sexy sophomore, Le Mer (The Sea). Take a dip before summer's gone with World Beat Canada Radio!

New trends from old friends this week. The Afro Celts drop one more from  their album in waiting, 'Ova' and Manu Chao returns with 'Viva Tu'. We share the album opener. For the Pulp Fiction fan, Skeewiff hot rod Dick Dale's 'Miserilou' and Kiran Ahluwalia whips up a 'Pancake' for us. Sign up for the E-Blast at www.worldbeatcanada.com.

Give us this day ... Sofi Tukker introduce us to their carbolicious new album, Bread. Sonova balance a Girl On A Wire, Brownout sub out Ozzy for Latin horns on Iron Man. We revisit South Asian invasion trailblazer Nitin Sawney and debut a 'Jawbreaker' from Sao Paulo's Nomade Orchestra. Delivering beats and treats for the Labour Day weekend, it's World Beat Canada Radio.

Keeping time with crossing cultures this week starting with the harmony of Basque and Galician voices. Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 take afrobeat to the TOP. Introducing psychedelic salsa from Rio 18, a power punk palette cleanser from Ultrabomb and Soweto Gospel Choir X Groove Terminator Ride Like The Wind! Think globally, listen locally, World Beat Canada Radio.

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!

Inviting the world, just like Paris, and we set it to music. Get your Bom Bom on with Angolan DJ Mpula's Batida, a tribute to kora master Toumani Diabate, Chinese folk rock from Sharen, jazzfest darlings Y La Bamba, A sitar trip to Hotel California and even new power punk from super trio Ultrabomb! This is free range radio from World Beat Canada.

You Rock! That doesn't mean you can't be global curious. This hour, Malian electric fro​m Amadou et Mariam, tropical surf​ lounge from Balthvs, Spanish trip-hop from Homina and Fanfare Ciocarlia Balkan ​brassify Spencer Davis! Com​e on! You gotta be curious! One hour, once a week, expand your​ musical horizons with World Beat Canada Radio.

Pick your spot in the sun and spend an hour contemplating life with a global soundtrack. It's new music fresh from the source, with soulful debuts from Indian Man and Canadian Nigerian, Sojiii. Kayam opens the Atlas with their Falafel Pop. Our Album Cover Of The Week by Meridian Brothers hits with En El Caribe Estoy Triste and Martin Buscaglia ponders the Brain, Orgasm, Envy & Sofia. Keeping time with the beat of the world on World Beat Canada Radio!

Sign up for our weekly e-blast at worldbeatinternational.com and you'll get, among other things, our monthly Top 30 chart which stacks up our favourite tracks for you. This hour we skim off the top 10 from our latest chart and tag on some homegrown global from Ottawa's Dystoh and their take on You've Got The Eyes Of A Stranger and another fresh spin from Sonova's Deep Pockets. The four corners, hard to find on a globe but right at home on World Beat Canada Radio!