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Category: New Releases

New Releases

Soca Gold 2009 Features Essential Tracks of Carnivals throughout the Caribbean and the World

World Music Central News Room June 4, 2009 No Comments

The Soca Gold 2009 (VP Records) compilation, which will be released next week, is jam-packed with enduring classics and massive hits determined by the carnival…

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University of Calypso Brings Together Calypso Legend and Steelpan Virtuosity

World Music Central News Room May 28, 2009 No Comments

With the June 23, 2009 release of (HUCD3168) on Heads Up International, steelpan master Andy Narell joins forces with calypso legend Relator to explore the…

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Balkan Star Goran Bregovic and His Wedding & Funeral Band Release Alkohol in North America

World Music Central News Room May 19, 2009 No Comments

Alkohol is the title of the first Goran Bregovic album to be released in North America. Goran Bregovic is one of the most internationally renowned…

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Colombian Remix Master DJ Rodrigo Puts his Spin on Indigenous Resistance with IR18

World Music Central News Room May 18, 2009 No Comments

The Indigenous Resistance label releases Bogota’s DJ Rodrigo’s new take on crucial tracks from the IR archive in two formats; the full 48 minute head-tripping…

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Putumayo Releases Italia

World Music Central News Room May 17, 2009 No Comments

Putumayo World Music focuses on Italy in it latest release titled Italia. The album features well-known singer-songwriters Giorgio Conte and Gianmaria Testa, who combine poetry…

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Yasmin Levy’s First U.S. Album Coming in September 2009

World Music Central News Room May 12, 2009 No Comments

Four Quarters Entertainment will be releasing Yasmin Levy’s first U.S. release, Mano Suave on September 1, 2009. This exciting new release has already garnered tremendous…

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World Music Veterans Baka Beyond Return with Two Albums and a UK Tour

World Music Central News Room May 10, 2009 No Comments

The haunting, mystical vocals on the album Baka Beyond’s forthcoming CD, ‘Beyond the Forest‘ (out on 4 May), were recorded on a solar-powered 8-track machine…

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Cameroonian Soul Musician Blick Bassy Releases Solo Album

World Music Central News Room May 10, 2009 No Comments

Singer, songwriter, guitarist and percussionist Blick Bassy released his first recording, titled Leman. On ‘Leman‘ (World Connection, 2009), Blick Bassy connects the music of Central…

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Internet Viral Hit Playing For Change – Songs Around the World Sells Over Twenty-Six Thousand Copies in First Week

World Music Central News Room May 9, 2009 No Comments

A remarkable and unpredicted popular response to the Playing For Change project has ignited around the world. Driven by more than twenty million video hits,…

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Watcha Clan Release Digital Remix Album

World Music Central News Room May 9, 2009 No Comments

Watcha Clan are musical nomads on a mission in search of space and freedom, embodied in the voice of Sista K whose mixed Ashkenazi, Sephardic…

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