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    Strings In Flight As Cuerdas Trio Debuts Gentile

    Cuerdas Trio – Gentile (Visage Music, 2025) Cuerdas Trio introduces Gentile, a 2025 release that reflects the group’s cross-cultural identity and its commitment to dialogue…

    Madison Quinn December 24, 2025 No Comments
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    Dawn Beats Darkness: Murmurosi Reimagines Ukrainian Folk On Svitanok

    Murmurosi – Svitanok (Ukrainian Folk Reinvented) (Self-released, 2025) Murmurosi released the passionate Svitanok (Ukrainian Folk Reinvented) independently. The title means “dawn” in Ukrainian and draws…

    JGurski December 22, 2025 No Comments
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    Raia’s Uádi Pours Desert Rains Over The Viola Campaniça

    Raia – Uádi (Lusitanian LUS058, 2025) Portuguese musician António “Tó-Zé” Bexiga recently released Uádi, the new album from his solo project Raia. The record highlights…

    Iliana Cabrera December 21, 2025 No Comments
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    From Hallingdal To Homs: Spove’s Folk Flight

    Spove, Nawara Alnaddaf, Silje Risdal Liahagen, Inger Hannisdal, Adrian Myhr – Spove (Fiol, 2025) Norwegian-Syrian quartet Spove has released its debut album, Spove. The exquisite…

    Tyler Bennet December 20, 2025 No Comments
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    Zemog El Gallo Bueno Playful Return With New Album ¡Ya Tú Sabes!

    Zemog El Gallo Bueno – ¡Ya Tú Sabes! U All Reddy Noe (Pinch Records, 2025) ¡Ya Tú Sabes! (You Already Know) is the latest album…

    Angel Romero December 19, 2025 No Comments
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    Yule Log Polka: Karen Marshalsay’s Festive Harp Tune

    World Music Central News Room December 24, 2025 No Comments
  • Kathleen MacInnes -Santa Take Me Home cover artwork. A photo of a little girl by a Christmas tree.
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    Kathleen MacInnes Wants A Lift North On New Christmas Single “Santa Take Me Home”

    World Music Central News Room December 23, 2025 No Comments
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    Got It Together

    Tom Orr December 22, 2025 No Comments
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    Love In Bloom – Double Tiger Grows New “Love Garden” Single

    World Music Central News Room December 19, 2025 No Comments
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    Robert Plant Drops New Everybody’s Song Video With Saving Grace

    World Music Central News Room December 18, 2025 No Comments
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    Persian Setar, Ambient Drama: Danial HM Teases New Single “Breath Of Eternity”

    World Music Central News Room December 17, 2025 No Comments

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Steeleye Span Releases Wintersmith Deluxe Edition

Angel Romero October 31, 2014 No Comments

Celebrated English folk-rock band Steeleye Span is re-releasing Wintersmith (Park Records ) as a Deluxe 2 CD package complete with four brand new songs, 8…

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Album reviews

Excellent Lounge Listen

Madanmohan Rao October 30, 2014 No Comments

Various Departure Lounge: Lounge (Petrol Records, 2007) This a lounge compilation on the Petrol Records label called Departure Lounge, which also includes the collections called…

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Awards

Top World Music Laurels Presented at WOMEX 2014 Awards

World Music Central News Room October 29, 2014 No Comments

  The leading international world music conference and expo, WOMEX 2014 ended with the WOMEX 2014 Awards. The Artist Award, Label Award and Professional Excellence…

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Events

Pepe Habichuela and Jorge Pardo to celebrate the universality of flamenco at UNESCO Head Office in Paris

William Bain October 29, 2014 No Comments

  Flamenco will be honored on November 3 in Paris with a concert by Pepe Habichuela and Jorge Pardo to be held at UNESCO (United…

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Mohan Veena Maestro Vishwa Mohan Bhatt to Perform Music for Peace and Love in Liverpool

World Music Central News Room October 28, 2014 No Comments

Indian musician Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, a master of the mohan veena is set to perform on Sunday, November 9th, 2014 at The Capstone Theatre…

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Aurelio Martínez to Perform at Peter Norton Symphony Space

World Music Central News Room October 27, 2014 No Comments

  Garifuna innovator Aurelio Martínez is set to perform on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. This concert…

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Conferences

Oslo World Music Festival to Present Soundtrack of a Nation Seminar

World Music Central News Room October 27, 2014 No Comments

Oslo World Music Festival 2014 will present a seminar titled Soundtrack of a Nation on October 29 at the Nobel Peace Center. Admission is free.…

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Conferences

WOMEX 2014 Celebrated 20th Anniversary in Santiago de Compostela

World Music Central News Room October 27, 2014 No Comments

  The largest annual world music expo, WOMEX, ended yesterday in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.  The event featured five days of showcases, trade fair and…

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Events

The 12th Edition of Sauti za Busara Scheduled for February 2015

World Music Central News Room October 27, 2014 1 Comment

The 2015 edition of the renowned African music festival Sauti za Busara will take place in Stone Town, Zanzibar during February 12 – 15, 2015.…

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Events

Ami Koita to Perform at the London International Festival of Exploratory Music 2014

World Music Central News Room October 26, 2014 No Comments

Malian vocalist Ami Koita is set to perform on Thursday, October 30, 2014, 19:30 (7:30pm) at Kings Place in London. Koita was born into a…

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