(headline image: Silla – Photo by Aqqalunnguaq Heilmann) Inuit throat-singing duo Silla returns with two new singles, “Kaukuarjuk” and “The Great Angakkuq” (featuring Kevin Qamaniq-Mason),…
View More Throat and Soul: Silla Amplifies Inuit Lineage in Dual Single ReleaseAuthor: World Music Central News Room
Flamenco Takes the Ring: Badajoz to Light Up with Flamenco and Fusion
The Alma y Jaleo Festival will take place on May 17 at the Plaza de Toros in Badajoz (Av. de Pardaleras, 19), presenting a lineup…
View More Flamenco Takes the Ring: Badajoz to Light Up with Flamenco and FusionKarmento Celebrates May with a Lyrical Bloom
Spanish neofolk singer-songwriter Karmento has released a new single, “El Mayo Florido de Karmento,” a tribute to the traditional “mayo manchego” festivities and the arrival…
View More Karmento Celebrates May with a Lyrical BloomBlues Master Joe Louis Walker Dies at 75
Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Joe Louis Walker, a leading figure in electric blues, died on April 30, 2025. Walker was born in San Francisco in…
View More Blues Master Joe Louis Walker Dies at 75Tarta Relena Wins MIN Indie Award for Best Roots Music Album
(headline image: Tarta Relena – Photo by by Playadeanza) The album És pregunta by Tarta Relena is the winner of the 2025 MIN Award in…
View More Tarta Relena Wins MIN Indie Award for Best Roots Music AlbumPerrate and Za! Win MIN 2025 Indie Award for Best Flamenco Album
(headline image: Perrate and ZA! – Photo by Alejandra Amere) The album Jolifanto (Lovemonk / El Volcán, 2025) by Perrate y Za! is the winner…
View More Perrate and Za! Win MIN 2025 Indie Award for Best Flamenco AlbumSonghoy Blues Claims Top Position on Transglobal World Music Chart for May 2025
The album Heritage by Malian act Songhoy Blues claimed the coveted number one spot on Transglobal World Music Chart for the month of May 2025.…
View More Songhoy Blues Claims Top Position on Transglobal World Music Chart for May 2025Trio da Kali Secures Number One Position on World Music Charts Europe for May 2025
The album Bagola by Mali’s Trio da Kali sailed to the top of World Music Charts Europe for the month of May 2025. Read more…
View More Trio da Kali Secures Number One Position on World Music Charts Europe for May 2025New Album Reclaims Black Hawaiian Histories in Song”
A new music project launching in June, Pōpoloheno: Songs of Resilience and Joy, brings long-overlooked narratives of the Black community in Hawaii to national attention.…
View More New Album Reclaims Black Hawaiian Histories in Song”Mining a Memory: Will Clark Revives a Forgotten Labor War
Will Clark’s latest single, “Battle of Blair Mountain,” turns to history for inspiration, specifically, the 1921 coal miners’ uprising in West Virginia, the largest armed…
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