Skip to content
stamp collage
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

World Music Central

Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
World Music Central
Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusions
  • Home
  • About
  • Topics
    • archive
    • Articles
    • Artist Profiles
    • Awards
    • Book Reviews
    • Album reviews
    • Charts
    • Concert reviews
    • Conferences
    • Editorials
    • Events
    • Film Reviews
    • General News
    • Interviews
    • Loop Collections
    • New Books
    • New CDs and digital releases
    • New Films
    • New Releases
    • Obituaries
    • Tour Announcements
    • Tradeshows
    • Uncategorized
  • Contact Us
  • World Music Resources
    • World Music Booking agents
    • World Music Festivals
    • Glossaries
      • Musical Instrument Glossary
    • Music Contests
    • Showcases
    • Musician Biographies
      • Afghan music
      • Algerian Music
      • American Music
      • Azerbaijani Music
      • Angolan Music
      • Bangladeshi music
      • Beninese Music
      • Burkinabe Music
      • Burundian Music
      • Cameroonian music
      • Cape Verdean music
      • Chinese Music
      • Congolese Music
      • Egyptian Music
      • Ethiopian Music
      • Gambian Music
      • Guinea Bissauan Music
      • Guinean Music
      • Indian Music
      • Iranian Music
      • Ivorian Music
      • Malian Music
      • Mauritanian Music
      • Norwegian Music
      • Mozambican Music
      • Sao Tomean Music
      • Scottish Music
      • Swiss Music
      • The Multifaceted World of Spanish Roots Music
      • Senegalese Music
      • Taiwanese Music
      • Tajik Music
      • Tanzanian Music
      • Turkish Music
    • Venues
  • Partners

Category: Album reviews

Cover of the albumLiving Legend of the Ayacucho Guitar by Gustavo Yashimura
Album reviews

Living Legend of the Ayacucho Guitar from the Peruvian Andes

Angel Romero June 12, 2022 No Comments Andean musicguitarGustavo YashimuraPeruvian music

Gustavo Yashimura – Living Legend of the Ayacucho Guitar (Hive Mind Records, 2022) Living Legend of the Ayacucho Guitar focuses on the work of Gustavo…

Share
View More Living Legend of the Ayacucho Guitar from the Peruvian Andes
Cover of the album Sita by Alessia Tondo
Album reviews

Absorbing Healing Rite Songs from Alessia Tondo

Angel Romero June 10, 2022 No Comments Alessia TondoCanzoniere Grecanico SalentinoItalian musicworld music

Alessia Tondo – Sita (Ipe Ipe Music, 2021) Alessia Tondo is a leading singer-songwriter and musician from southern Italy. She is best known as lead…

Share
View More Absorbing Healing Rite Songs from Alessia Tondo
Cover of the album Sky Songs by Alena Murang
Album reviews

Mesmerizing Modern Sarawakian Songs from Alena Murang

Angel Romero June 9, 2022 No Comments Alena MurangMalaysian musicsapeSarawakSarawakian musicworld fusionworld music

Alena Murang – Sky Songs (Wind Music International, 2021) Sky Songs is the second album from Alena Murang, a talented songwriter from Malaysian Borneo and…

Share
View More Mesmerizing Modern Sarawakian Songs from Alena Murang
Cover of the album Babilonia by Antonio Castrignanó
Album reviews

Antonio Castrignanó Takes Ancient Pizzica to New Heights

Angel Romero June 5, 2022 No Comments Antonio CastrignanóItalian musicpizzicaworld fusionworld music

Antonio Castrignanó – Babilonia (Ponderosa, 2022) It is no wonder that this beautifully crafted album reached number last month at the World Music Charts Europe.…

Share
View More Antonio Castrignanó Takes Ancient Pizzica to New Heights
Cover of the album Roots by Misha Sultan
Album reviews

Folktronica from Deep Siberia

Angel Romero June 4, 2022 1 Comment Misha SultanSiberian musicworld music

Misha Sultan – Roots (Hive Mind Records, 2022) Misha Sultan is a multi-instrumentalist originally from Novosibirsk in the heart of Siberia. His hometown’s location, in…

Share
View More Folktronica from Deep Siberia
Cover of the album Recalibrate by Eccodek
Album reviews

Rekindling Eccodek’s Spark

Angel Romero June 3, 2022 No Comments Andrew McPhersonEccodekIndian musicMiddle Eastern musicworld fusionworld music

Eccodek – Recalibrate (Big Mind/Six Degrees, 2022) “Recalibrate” is the new album from Canadian world fusion band Eccodek. Just like Transglobal Underground and similar groups,…

Share
View More Rekindling Eccodek’s Spark
Ramazan Sesler
Album reviews

Turkish clarinet Virtuoso Ramazan Sesler

Angel Romero June 2, 2022 No Comments clarinetGypsy musicRamazan SeslerRoma musicTurkeyTurkish musicworld music

Turkish clarinet maestro Ramazan Sesler grew up in a family of acclaimed Gypsy (Roma) musicians. He is the son of Selim Sesler, one of the…

Share
View More Turkish clarinet Virtuoso Ramazan Sesler
Cover of the album Beja Power! by Noori & his Dorpa Band
Album reviews

Fantastic Introduction to Beja Music

Angel Romero June 2, 2022 No Comments African musicBeja musicNoori & his Dorpa BandSudanese musicworld fusionworld music

Noori & his Dorpa Band – Beja Power! (Ostinato Records, 2022) “Beja Power!” presents the captivating music of Noori & his Dorpa Band, an ensemble…

Share
View More Fantastic Introduction to Beja Music
Los Calvos - …Y Que Calvos!
Album reviews

Venezuelan Salsa Classic from Powerhouse Los Calvos

Angel Romero May 30, 2022 No Comments Latin American musicLos CalvossalsaVenezuelaVenezuelan musicworld music

Los Calvos – …Y Que Calvos! (El Palmas Music, 2022) El Palmas Music has reissued “Y Que Calvos!” (and how bald), the second, and final,…

Share
View More Venezuelan Salsa Classic from Powerhouse Los Calvos
Cover of the album Trad by Hoven Droven
Album reviews

High Energy Trad from Hoven Droven

Angel Romero May 29, 2022 No Comments folk-rockHoven DrovenSwedenSwedish music

Hoven Droven – Trad (Heilo, 2021) Hoven Droven is one of the essential Swedish bands of the past decades. They popularized Swedish folk music with…

Share
View More High Energy Trad from Hoven Droven

Posts pagination

Previous page Page 1 … Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 … Page 471 Next page

Recent Posts

  • Tuuletar Makes Waves With Mother Earth Energy
  • Souad Massi’s Latest Explores New Franco-Arabic Blends
  • Spanish Folk Traditions to Take Over Madrid at Folklore(s) Festival
  • Agent Starling Presents Surrealista Enigma Musica: Myth, Drones, and A Hurdy-gurdy
  • Vaiano’s Paisanos Recreate the Stringband Music of Early 20th Century New York
  • Benedicte Maurseth’s Mirra Follows the Call of the Wild
  • Nidia Góngora to Present Afro-Colombian Music in New York

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Archives

Tags

accordion African music Afrobeat American folk music Arabic music Argentine music Bluegrass blues Brazil Brazilian music Celtic music Chinese music Cuba Cuban music fado fiddle Finnish music Flamenco flamenco guitar guitar India Indian classical music Indian music Ireland Irish folk music Italian music Jazz Latin jazz Malian music Middle Eastern music Norwegian music percussion Portugal Portuguese music Reggae salsa Scotland Scottish music Spain Spanish music Turkish music United States of America world fusion world jazz world music
World Music Central | Designed by: Theme Freesia | WordPress | © Copyright All right reserved