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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

Events

Afro-Spanish Star Buika to Perform at Oslo World Music Festival

World Music Central News Room October 14, 2014 No Comments

Spanish singer Buika will deliver her alluring mix of flamenco, jazz, soul, and Cuban and music at Oslo’s World Music Festival on October 29, 2014…

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Chart Hits Cuban Style

Angel Romero October 14, 2014 1 Comment

Cecilia Noël Havana Rocks (Compass Records, 2014) Peruvian vocalist Cecilia Noël traveled to Havana (Cuba), where she recorded an album of 1980s pop and rock…

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Celtic Music Sensation Runa Releases a Winner

Angel Romero October 13, 2014 No Comments

Runa Current Affairs (Runa Music, 2014) Runa has become one of the leading Celtic music bands in North America. The group includes musicians from Ireland,…

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Celebrated Hindustani Vocalist Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan to Perform in New York

World Music Central News Room October 12, 2014 No Comments

  Master Hindustani singer Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan will perform on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Klavierhaus in New York City. This is a special…

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Influential World Music Showcase Mundial Montreal Returns in November 2014

World Music Central News Room October 11, 2014 No Comments

The fourth edition of world music showcase Mundial Montreal will take place November 18-21 in Montreal (Canada). The conference will feature 34 artists performing in…

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The Indispensable Cuban Music of Abelardo Barroso and Orquesta Sensación

Angel Romero October 11, 2014 No Comments

Abelardo Barroso and Orquesta Sensación ‘Cha Cha Cha‘ (World Circuit, 2014) World Circuit Records is one of the labels that facilitated the renewed interest in…

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Ambitious Fusion Venture by Vatsal Dave

Madanmohan Rao October 10, 2014 No Comments

Lone Star Sitar (Times Music, 2009) This is an ambitious fusion venture by Vatsal Dave, sitarist and vocalist. The 13 tracks span well over an…

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A Tribute to the Great Raks Sharki Musicians

Angel Romero October 9, 2014 No Comments

Jalilah Raks Sharki – Stage Cuts (Piranha Musik CD-PIR2856, 2014) The popularity of raks sharki (also known as belly dance or Oriental dance and sometimes…

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Events

Anupama Bhagwat to Perform at Women’s Voices festival in New York

World Music Central News Room October 9, 2014 No Comments

Sitarist Anupama Bhagwat is set to perform on Friday, October 17, 7:30pm at St. Peter’s Church in New York.She is one of the leading disciples…

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Music videos

Danay Suárez Releases Stunning Video “Flores”

Angel Romero October 8, 2014 No Comments

  Rising Cuban vocalist Danay Suárez has a stunning new video titled “Flores,” directed by renowned visual artist, Karoll William Perez Zambrano, who is also…

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