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Month: January 2018

Events

London’s La Linea Festival Announces Shows by Jorge Drexler and Gisela Joao

World Music Central News Room January 17, 2018 No Comments Gisela JoãoJorge DrexlerLa Linea

London’s Latin Music Festival La Linea has announced two new high profile concerts for this year’s event: Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler and fado vocalist Gisela…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Maniucha & Ksawery

Angel Romero January 17, 2018 No Comments Ksawery WójcińskiManiucha & KsaweryManiucha BikontPolandUkrainian music

Maniucha & Ksawery is a Polish duo specialized in combining jazz improvisation with dying-off traditional songs from the Polesie region in northwestern Ukraine. The duo…

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A Musical Journey Around Nordfjord

Angel Romero January 17, 2018 No Comments Britt Pernille FrøholmfiddleNorwegian music

Britt Pernille Frøholm – Nordfjord (Mere Records, 2017) Nordfjord is the second solo album by talented Norwegian fiddler Britt Pernille Frøholm. Although she has recorded…

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Calexico Takes a Slight Detour

Venita Munir January 16, 2018 No Comments AmericanaCalexico

Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us (Anti Records, 2018) Calexico’s 9th studio album, The Thread That Keeps Us (Anti- records), is a slight detour…

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Deeply Mesmerizing Ud

Angel Romero January 15, 2018 No Comments Arabic musicglobal electronicaoudSmadjud

Smadj – Solotronic (Whirling Wolf, 2017) Solotronic is the new solo album by Smadj (Jean-Pierre Smadja), a French-Tunisian artist who has taken the ud (Arabic…

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Music videos

Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre Release Music Video with First Single from Upcoming album

World Music Central News Room January 14, 2018 No Comments Adufeiras de SalitreGalician musicXabier Díaz

O baile de Noró is the title of the new single by Spanish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Xabier Díaz and Adufeiras de Salitre. The group performs…

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World Music Supergroup Toto Bona Lokua Release Ma Mama Music Video

World Music Central News Room January 14, 2018 No Comments Gerald TotoLokua KanzaRichard BonaToto Bona Lokua

Toto Bona Lokua have released a music video featuring the song ‘Ma Mama’. The video was directed by Katy Wang. The song appears in the…

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Events

Flamenco Innovator Niño de Elche to Perform in New York

Angel Romero January 13, 2018 No Comments Niño de Elche

Niño de Elche, as groundbreaking flamenco artist, is set to perform his latest project Antología del Cante Flamenco Heterodoxo on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at…

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Niyaz to Perform at the The Fourth Light Project in New York

World Music Central News Room January 13, 2018 No Comments Niyaz

Acclaimed world music act is set to perform at the The Fourth Light Project on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will…

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New CDs and digital releases

Omar Sosa and NDR Bigband to Release Es:sensual

World Music Central News Room January 13, 2018 No Comments Cuban musicLatin jazzOmar Sosa

Acclaimed Cuban pianist Omar Sosa and Germany’s NDR Bigband are set to release Es:sensual on January 18. This is the international release of this album…

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