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If you’ve ever heard old-time music–not oldie music by the Splatter Sisters–but old Appalachian music, you probably came away from the experience forever marked. That…

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  By Brenda Pike Celebrated Spanish musician and producer Javier Limón came to Berklee in March to give a series of clinics for Berklee students.…

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Following his acclaimed collaboration on Strut with The Heliocentrics, the Father of Ethio jazz presents his brand new studio album, Mulatu Steps Ahead for 2010.…

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  (Cubarte) Female salsa bands had a boost during the 1990’s with the Boom of Cuban Salsa, as it happened during the 1930’s due to…

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Upbeat, entrancing and intoxicating Zimbabwean dance music. With more guitar licks than the Bhundu Boys and full drum kit, turn this music up loud and…

View More Chartwell Dutiro at the Institute Of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts Theatre in England

To help you celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17, World Music Central has compiled a list of recent recordings that have a connection with…

View More Music for St. Patrick’s Day 2010

  “This project represents a conceptual direction that merges an idea from the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the technologies of today to…

View More Pat Metheny Talks About His Orchestrion Project

Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders, a new TV magazine show about the intersection of music with life, politics and culture around the world, premieres Monday,…

View More World Music TV Show ‘Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders’ Debuts Today on PBS

Tito Rodriguez El Inolvidable (Fania 773-130-600-2, 2009) Far from being simply the Latin music Tito whose last name wasn’t Puente, Tito Rodriguez was a supremely…

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