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Various Artists - Musique Inuit – Inuit Music cover artwork. A photo of 3 Inuit men.

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Ocora Readies ‘Musique Inuit’—Jean Malaurie’s Arctic Field Recordings

Angel Romero November 3, 2025 No Comments Inuit music world music

Various Artists – Musique Inuit – Inuit Music (Ocora, 2025) Ocora Radio France released Musique Inuit – Inuit Music – From Thule to the Bering…

The Kasambwe Brothers – The Kasambwe Brothers cover artwork.A phot of the three musicians with their musical instruments.

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Malawi’s The Kasambwe Brothers Claim Their Moment

The Kasambwe Brothers – The Kasambwe Brothers (MASS MoCA Records, 2025) A kick drum stitched from bottle tops, a babatone that functions like a well-worn…

The cover of Album n°1 by Les Abranis features a monochromatic landscape framed by two rows of stone columns stretching into the distance. Broken chains lie scattered across the ground, with a human figure collapsed in the foreground. Above, a large black eagle spreads its wings over the band’s name.

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Les Abranis’ Coveted 1983 ‘Album No. 1’ Returns

Madison Quinn October 29, 2025 No Comments Algerian music Kabyl Les Abranis world music

Les Abranis – Album No. 1 (WeWantSounds, 2025) WeWantSounds has reissued Les Abranis’ sought-after 1983 LP Album No. 1, also known as Id Ed Was,…

L. Shankar, Vikku Vinayakram, V. Selvaganesh and S. Swaminathan - Over The Stars cover artwork. a collage of photos of the four artists.

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Shakti Veterans L. Shankar & Vikku Vinayakram Reunite On Over The Stars

Angel Romero October 28, 2025 No Comments Indian classical music Indian music L. Shankar S. Swaminathan V. Selvaganesh Vikku Vinayakram world fusion world music

L. Shankar, Vikku Vinayakram, V. Selvaganesh and S. Swaminathan – Over The Stars (XDot 25 Music, 2024). L. Shankar and Vikku Vinayakram, two original members…

The album cover for Âmes des Bois by La Déferlance features a mirrored landscape divided by a reflective body of water. Across the center, white silhouettes of people holding instruments and dancing move in a line, their reflections inverted below. The background combines soft coral, teal, and indigo hues, with crescent moons in opposite corners and a forested silhouette framing the scene.

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Echoes of the Woods: La Déferlance Intertwines Quebec’s Past and Present in Song

Angel Romero October 26, 2025 1 Comment Canadian music La Déferlance Quebecois music world music

La Déferlance – Âmes des bois (Club MID, 2025) La Déferlance continues to shine on Âmes des bois (Souls of the Woods), an excellent album…

Nuevo Mester de Juglaría – Coplas del Tío Sidín cover artwork. a man playing dulzaina seen from above over a yellow background.

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Spirited Jotas: Nuevo Mester’s Joyful 1986 Spin

Angel Romero October 25, 2025 No Comments Castilian folk music Nuevo Mester de Juglaría Spanish music world music

Nuevo Mester de Juglaría – Coplas del Tío Sidín (Philips, 1986) Folk traditions meet precision on the album Coplas del Tío Sidín, a brisk, well-shaped…

Loko Gasy - Mifankatiava cover artwork. A photo of the quartet.

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Loko Gasy Brings Together Regional Madagascan Traditions on ‘Mifankatiava’

Angel Romero October 24, 2025 No Comments Loko Gasy Madagascan music Madagascar world music

Loko Gasy – Mifankatiava (AudioMaze, 2025) Antananarivo quartet Loko Gasy has a new album, Mifankatiava (Love each other). The highly talented group, founded in 2023…

The album cover for Radio Sevdah by Divanhana features a glowing white heart-shaped flame set against a swirling night sky filled with star trails. At the center, a band of the Milky Way cuts through the darkness. The band’s name and album title appear below in modern lettering.

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Tuning Into the Heart of Sarajevo: Divanhana’s Radio Sevdah

Madison Quinn October 23, 2025 No Comments Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian music sevdah world music

Divanhana – Radio Sevdah (CPL-Music, 2025) When Radio Sevdah begins, it feels like stepping into a warmly lit kitchen filled with familiar voices. The static…

The album cover for La Noche by Radio Tarifa features a painting dominated by black and gold brushstrokes with hints of red. The dynamic figure at the center is set against a beige grid-like background. The left side displays the text “RADIO TARIFA” and “LA NOCHE” in bold white and orange lettering on a solid black panel.

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Radio Tarifa Lights The Dark On ‘La noche’

Angel Romero October 22, 2025 No Comments Flamenco Radio Tarifa Spanish music world fusion world music

Radio Tarifa – La noche (Buda, 2025) Radio Tarifa, now the duo of multi-instrumentalists Faín Sánchez Dueñas and Vincent Molino, returns many years later with…

The cover of A Piece of Infinity by Meklit features a black-and-white portrait of the artist overlaid with the repeated word “INFINITY” in a grid-like pattern. Her name, MEKLIT, appears boldly at the bottom in large white capital letters, while the album title sits above her head in smaller text.

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A Piece of Infinity, Meklit’s Smithsonian Folkways Debut

Madison Quinn October 21, 2025 No Comments Ethiopian music Meklit world music

Meklit – A Piece of Infinity (Smithsonian Folkways, 2025) Meklit will release A Piece of Infinity, her first album for Smithsonian Folkways, on September 26.…