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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
  • An illustrated landscape shows a lush forest opening to a stream and waterfall, framed by geometric Art Deco borders. A glowing sun sets behind distant mountains, while a lone figure beside a turntable listens by the water. Pastel typography centers the title “Love Garden” with “Double Tiger” beneath.
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    Love In Bloom – Double Tiger Grows New “Love Garden” Single

    World Music Central News Room December 19, 2025 No Comments
  • A lone bison strides across an open road at dusk, its dark silhouette set against a wide, amber-toned sky and distant plains. The title Saving Grace and the artist’s name appear above.
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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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Modern-Day Flamenco Star Diego El Cigala Announces Major North American Tour

World Music Central News Room October 25, 2014 No Comments

Diego El Cigala, one of the leading modern flamenco vocalists from Spain will be touring the United States and Canada during the next weeks. The…

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Album reviews

Best of Youssou N’Dour

Madanmohan Rao October 25, 2014 No Comments

Youssou N’Dour Best of Youssou N’Dour (Columbia, 2011) Some of the most dynamic sounds to recently come out of Africa have been produced by Senegal-born…

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Events

Australasian Worldwide Music Expo 2014 to Present a vibrant mix of Australian and international acts

World Music Central News Room October 24, 2014 No Comments

The Australasian Worldwide Music Expo 2014(AWME)will take place in Melbourne this  November 13-16th. The event will present a mix of Australian and international acts including…

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Gaio de Lima to Perform at the London International Festival of Exploratory Music 2014

World Music Central News Room October 24, 2014 No Comments

Gaio de Lima artist Gaio de Lima is set to perform on Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 19:30 (7:30pm) at Kings Place. Gaio de Lima is…

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Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961

Angel Romero October 24, 2014 No Comments

Just in time for Halloween, the Document label is releasing Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961 by various artists. The CD…

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Events

Young Sitar Maestro Shakir Khan to Perform in New York

World Music Central News Room October 23, 2014 No Comments

  Young sitar master Shakir Khan is set to perform on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at Roulette in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. One of the…

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Bassekou Kouyate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

World Music Central News Room October 22, 2014 No Comments

Mali’s Bassekou Kouyate is set to perform on Thursday, October 30, 2014, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Bassekou Kouyate is…

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Events

WOMEX 2014 Awards Ceremony to Be Held October 26

World Music Central News Room October 21, 2014 No Comments

The Awards Ceremony will mark the end of world music expo WOMEX 2014. The three WOMEX Awards will be presented right after the Networking Breakfast…

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New Books

Cantares da Serra Collects 500 traditional Songs from the Serra do Caurel

World Music Central News Room October 21, 2014 No Comments

Cantares da Serra, a book by Lois Foxo, is the third volume of the Músicas do Caurel series. It includes 500 folk melodies that were…

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Events

Anandi Bhattacharya to Perform at Women’s Voices festival in New York

World Music Central News Room October 20, 2014 No Comments

  Indian vocalist Anandi Bhattacharya is set to perform on Friday, October 24, 7:30pm at St. Peter’s Church in New York. Born in 1996, Anandi…

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