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Famed Bluesman Joe Louis Walker Announces The Release of Blues Comin’ On

World Music Central News Room April 23, 2020 No Comments bluesJoe Louis Walker

Celebrated blues musician Joe Louis Walker is set to release his new album Blues Comin’ On (Cleopatra Records) on June 5, 2020. Blues Comin’ On…

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Nine Decades Vol. 6, Ravi Shankar: Dutch-India Airwaves

World Music Central News Room April 22, 2020 No Comments Indian classical musicRavi Shankarsitar

East Meets West Music has announced the release of Nine Decades Vol. 6, Ravi Shankar: Dutch-India Airwaves. This is a previously unreleased recording from the…

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Vodou Alé, New Album from Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers

World Music Central News Room April 21, 2020 No Comments

Bongo Joe Records has announced the release of Vodou Alé, a collaboration between Haitian band Chouk Bwa and Belgian act The Ångströmers. The album is…

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Reggae Artist Richie Spice Releases Music Video For “Valley Of Jehoshaphat”

World Music Central News Room April 18, 2020 No Comments ReggaeRichie Spice

Reggae star Richie Spice has released the new single and music video for the song “Valley of Jehoshaphat (Red Hot).” Produced by Clive Hunt, the…

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Otmaro Ruiz and Bruno Mangueira Release Essencia

World Music Central News Room April 18, 2020 No Comments Brazilian musicBruno MangueiraLatin jazzOtmaro RuizVenezuelan music

Venezuelan piano virtuoso Otmaro Ruiz and rising Brazilian guitar maestro Bruno Mangueira have released a new album titled Essencia (Blue Canoe Records). The album combines…

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Kenyan Artist Fadhilee Itulya to Release Kwetu

World Music Central News Room April 17, 2020 No Comments Fadhilee ItulyaKenyan music

Kenyan guitarist Fadhilee Itulya is set to release his new album Kwetu (Naxos World) on May 8, 2020. Fadhilee Itulya was born in western Kenya…

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Esma’s Band Continues the Tradition of the Queen of the Gypsies

World Music Central News Room April 16, 2020 No Comments Esma’s Band – Next GenerationGypsy musicMacedonian music

The album Gipsy Dance (ARC Music) by Esma’s Band – Next Generation continues the tradition of famed Macedonian Roma (Gypsy) singer Esma Redžepova, also known…

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Festival International de Louisiane Announces ‘Virtual Festival’ Celebration

World Music Central News Room April 16, 2020 No Comments Cajun musicFestival International de Louisianeworld music

Festival International de Louisiane has announced plans to bring the community, and the world, together in a new way during Festival week from April 24-26th,…

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Aditya Prakash to Live Stream Diaspora Kid

World Music Central News Room April 15, 2020 No Comments Aditya PrakashIndian musicworld fusion

Indian American Aditya Prakash will be doing a solo live-streaming concert where he’ll share some of the songs from Diaspora Kid. Prakash will be playing…

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Pickathon Presents Week 2 of A Concert A Day

World Music Central News Room April 14, 2020 No Comments DakhaBrakhaVieux Farka Touré

Pickathon has opened its vault on years of amazing concerts, all filmed in multi-camera HD, and presenting one concert a day livestreaming at 1:00 p.m.…

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