Finnish band Gájanas has won the International Indigenous Artist/Group Recording of the Year Award at the Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards 2021 in Canada. Gájanas…
View More Finnish Act Gájanas Wins International Indigenous Artist Recording of the Year at Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards 2021Author: World Music Central News Room
Mande Fusion from Maher Cissoko on New Single “Miniyamba”
“Miniyamba” is the first single from Maher Cissoko’s upcoming album “Cissoko Heritage”, scheduled for release on September 3, 2021 on Ajabu! Records. On the new…
View More Mande Fusion from Maher Cissoko on New Single “Miniyamba”Norfolk World Music Festival Announces Return in 2021
[Breaking News: this festival has been cancelled] Norfolk world music festival in the UK announced that it is coming back in 2021 will the goal…
View More Norfolk World Music Festival Announces Return in 2021“Hazlo Como Yo” Music Video from Grupo Changüí de Guantánamo
Petaluma Records has released the music video “Hazlo Como Yo” by Cuban band Grupo Changüí de Guantánamo. The song appears on the upcoming Changüí –…
View More “Hazlo Como Yo” Music Video from Grupo Changüí de GuantánamoSarawakian World Music Event RWMF 2021 Announces Free Virtual Experience in June 2021
This year’s Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) will return in the form of a musical showcase featuring a retrospective of past RWMF performances and new…
View More Sarawakian World Music Event RWMF 2021 Announces Free Virtual Experience in June 2021Vicenta, New Song from Buena Vista Social Club Sessions
The previously unreleased song “Vicenta” is one of the new tracks featured in a 25th anniversary remastered edition of the famed Buena Vista Social Club…
View More Vicenta, New Song from Buena Vista Social Club SessionsWorld Music Festival Bratislava 2021 Begins June 10
The 6th edition of World Music Festival Bratislava will take place June 10, 2021. The 4-day event will be available online. All events are free.…
View More World Music Festival Bratislava 2021 Begins June 10Argentine Artist Sofia Rei Releases Umbral
Argentine vocalist Sofia Rei has released a new album titled Umbral. The United States-based artist combined South American folk roots with electronic elements, experimental pop,…
View More Argentine Artist Sofia Rei Releases UmbralInfluential Flamenco Singer and Disseminator Alfonso Paredes ‘Niño Alfonso’ Dies at 87
Flamenco singer Alfonso Paredes ‘Niño Alfonso’, one of the leading supporters of the iconic International Festival of Cante de las Mina, died on June 7,…
View More Influential Flamenco Singer and Disseminator Alfonso Paredes ‘Niño Alfonso’ Dies at 87Significant Anthology from English Folk Master
Rod Stradling – Treacle & Bread (Ghosts From The Basement, 2021) This 21-track anthology introduces the listener to one of the most important figures in…
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