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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

New CDs

English Folk Band The Willows Releases Amidst Fiery Skies

Angel Romero October 7, 2014 No Comments

Amidst Fiery Skies (Elk Records) is the title of the new album by Cambridge folk and roots music band The Willows. This is the group’s…

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Album reviews

Transglobal and Versatile Indian Music

Angel Romero October 7, 2014 No Comments

Prem Joshua & Chintan Kashi – Songs From the India Within (White Swan Records, 2014) Multi-instrumentalist global traveler Prem Joshua has released a wonderful album…

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Obituaries

Mariachi Star Nati Cano Dies at 81

Angel Romero October 6, 2014 1 Comment

  Celebrated mariachi musician Nati Cano passed away on Friday, October 3rd, 2014. Nati Cano was the leader of Los Camperos, one of the top…

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Interviews

Interview with World Music Expo WOMEX Director Alex Walter

Angel Romero October 6, 2014 1 Comment

  World Music Expo WOMEX is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. What started as a small gathering of enthusiastic world music professionals has grown…

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Awards

Greg Cahill and Special Consensus Receive Two IBMA Awards

World Music Central News Room October 6, 2014 No Comments

Greg Cahill and The Special Consensus were honored with their first International Bluegrass Music Awards (IBMA) awards in the 39 year history of the band.…

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Awards

Noam Pikelny, Banjo Player of the Year

World Music Central News Room October 5, 2014 No Comments

Celebrated banjo virtuoso Noam Pikelny (Punch Brothers), first winner of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize, received his first Banjo Player of the Year trophy at…

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New Films

Celebrated Blues Rock Guitarist Steve Hunter Releases Live CD & DVD ‘Tone Poems Live’

World Music Central News Room October 5, 2014 No Comments

Blues rock guitarist Steve Hunter, well-known for his work with Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed and Alice Cooper, has a new live DVD and CD titled…

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New Books

Folk Music Fiddle Legend Violet Hensley Recounts 10 Decades in New Autobiography

Angel Romero October 5, 2014 No Comments

  Celebrated folk music fiddler Violet Hensley and actor, writer and musician Randall Franks have co-authored Hensley’s new autobiography. “Whittlin’ and Fiddlin’ My Own Way:…

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Events

Meeta Pandit to Perform at Women’s Voices festival in New York

World Music Central News Room October 4, 2014 No Comments

  Indian vocalist Meeta Pandit is set to perform on Saturday, October 10, 7:30pm at St. Peter’s Church in New York. Meeta Pandit has emerged…

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Awards

International Bluegrass Music Awards 2014 Winners Announced

Angel Romero October 4, 2014 No Comments

  The winners of the 25th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards were announced Thursday night, October 2nd, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The event took place…

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