Flamenco Viene Del Sur Series 2022 The annual series Flamenco Viene Del Sur (Flamenco Comes from the south) is back. Concerts will be taking place…
Flamenco Spotlight June 2022
Category: General News
World Music Venue Barbès Celebrates 20th Anniversary in May 2022
Popular Brooklyn (New York) music venue Barbès will celebrate its 20th anniversary in May with a series of special shows. The influential world music and…
WOMEX Call for Proposals for 2022
International world music conference WOMEX has opened the submission period for its 2022 expo. WOMEX will take place in Lisbon, Portugal during October 19 –…
Best World Music Albums of 2021
World Music Central presents the Best World Music Albums of 2021 selected by its editors and contributors. Daryana Antipova (Russia) San Salvador – La Grande…
Malian Musical Instrument Bolon in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
This week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added the bolon (also spelled m’bolon and nbolon) to the List of Intangible Cultural…
Congolese Rumba Inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Congolese rumba, a popular and influential musical genre and dance from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo was inscribed in…
Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame Announces First Inductees
The newly created Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame has announced the first inductees. The Hall of Fame includes three categories: Artist, Industry and Media…
2021 Latin Grammy Winners in World Music Categories
The 22nd annual Latin Grammy Awards took place in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) on Thursday, November 18, 2021. The event celebrated the music of Spanish…
The SGAE Foundation Announces the First Paco de Lucía Flamenco competition
Coinciding with International Flamenco Day (November 16), the SGAE Foundation has launched the first Premio SGAE de Flamenco Paco de Lucía, a competition with the…
World Music Expo WOMEX to Return to Portugal in 2022
International world music conference WOMEX announced this week that it will return to Portugal in 2021. The location this time will be Lisbon, Portugal’s capital.…