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Category: Music videos

Darren Nicholson - Get Me Down The Line cover artwork. A green-colored old radio.
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Darren Nicholson Says Goodbye To The Blues On “Get Me Down The Line”

World Music Central News Room September 18, 2025 No Comments BluegrassDarren Nicholsonworld music

Darren Nicholson has released a new single, “Get Me Down The Line,” via Mountain Home Music Company. The mandolin-wielding singer co-wrote the track with Charles…

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The single cover shows a pencil sketch of a seated, nude man holding a long vertical pole. The figure is drawn with soft shading and rests on a block-like structure.
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Vicente Navarro Brings Rural Song to the City With “Gañanada”

World Music Central News Room September 16, 2025 No Comments neofolkSpanish musicVicente Navarroworld music

Madrid singer Vicente Navarro returns with “Gañanada,” a single that combines Spanish folk tradition with intrepid electronic minimalism. Known as a leading figure in Spain’s…

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La Capi Que Nada. La Capi playing guitar on a boat.
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Dance and Learn

Tom Orr September 15, 2025 No Comments Brazilian musicColombian musicLa Capiworld fusionworld music

Combining Colombian and Brazilian inflections with a broader Latin feel, “Que Nada” by La Capi is supreme dance music that also contains a lyrical lesson…

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The single cover shows a design with a dark red-to-black gradient background. At the top, a simple white line drawing depicts a person falling backward. Below, the outlined word “MAL” appears in large block letters.
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Harp player MAL Unveils “Connadh”

World Music Central News Room September 13, 2025 No Comments Celtic musicMalachy Arnoldworld music

Glasgow-based Celtic music harper Malachy Arnold, known as MAL, has unveiled his latest single, “Connadh.” Arnold began playing harp at age five, inspired by his…

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The single cover for Nora McNally by Greg Blake features a painted landscape of seaside cliffs with green fields above and waves breaking along the shore below. The artist’s name, Greg Blake, appears at the top in dark green, while the song title, Nora McNally, is written in a handwritten-style script across a dark band near the bottom.
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Down The Emerald Aisle: Greg Blake Unveils “Nora McNally”

World Music Central News Room September 13, 2025 No Comments BluegrassGreg Blakeworld music

Greg Blake, an award-winning bluegrass vocalist and guitarist, has released “Nora McNally,” his new single. Songwriter Milan Miller wrote the track. The song is a…

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Guitari Baro standing by a wall holding their musical instruments - Photo by Carolina Vallejo
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Key Move: Chrysalis Global Launches ‘Guitari Baro’

World Music Central News Room September 12, 2025 No Comments Gaoussou KouyatéGuinean musicGuitari BaroKerfala DiabatéLassana DiabatéMalian musicworld music

(headline image: Guitari Baro – Photo by Carolina Vallejo) Chrysalis Records has launched its Chrysalis Global imprint with an instrumental debut, Guitari Baro (Guitar Conversations),…

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The single cover shows a pastel illustration of a roadside motel with pink walls, green doors, and simple shrubs. In the foreground, a figure wearing a wide-brimmed red hat relaxes in a bright blue swimming pool. The title East Nash Grass – Hill Country Highway appears at the bottom in bold lettering.
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Grass Routes: East Nash Grass Rolls Out “Hill Country Highway”

World Music Central News Room September 10, 2025 No Comments BluegrassEast Nash Grassworld music

East Nash Grass released “Hill Country Highway,” the final single on its new album. The track follows a road-weary narrator and focuses on the strain…

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The single cover for Lotte Walda’s One Day bursts with colorful earthy tones of orange, red, and yellow, depicting silhouettes of African dancers, drummers, and tribal figures in rhythmic motion. Spirals, musical notes, and symbolic patterns swirl across the scene.
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A Very Nice Day

Tom Orr September 8, 2025 No Comments AfropopLotte Waldaworld music

Sounding very much like the kind of Afropop that first attracted listeners outside of Africa, “One Day” by The Netherlands’ Lotte Walda is a melodic…

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Angus MacKenzie & Murdo Cameron - The Feral Goats Of Kintail cover artwork. a photo of a black goat grazing by a country road.
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Angus MacKenzie & Murdo Cameron Release “The Feral Goats Of Kintail”

World Music Central News Room September 7, 2025 No Comments Celtic musicScotlandScottish musicworld music

Angus MacKenzie and Murdo Cameron have issued a new single, “The Feral Goats Of Kintail.” The recording features MacKenzie on whistles and mandolin, with Cameron…

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Niarela Papou from his Mali video. Niarela wearing a light blue robe surrounded by female singers.
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As Real as the Real Deal Gets

Tom Orr September 6, 2025 No Comments Malian musicNiarela Papouworld music

He’s based in France, but as both the title and feel of “Mali” indicate, Niarela Papou’s mind is on his homeland. The track is pure…

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