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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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    Cory Henry Releases Soulful and Funk-Fueled ‘A Wonderful Holiday’

    Cory Henry — A Wonderful Holiday (2025) Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter Cory Henry has released A Wonderful Holiday, a six-song collection of original Christmas…

    Angel Romero December 18, 2025 No Comments
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Featured News

  • 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
  • An illustrated cover shows a woman in profile wearing a flowing mustard-gold headscarf and patterned robe, framed by an ornate circular halo. She holds two bright sunflowers. Botanical details fill the background, while Arabic text and the title “Catalus” appear below.
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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
  • A black field frames gold typography, with the artist name centered above and the album title below. A single luminous gold line ripples across the middle, glowing softly at its center.
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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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    Effervescent Reggae

    Tom Orr December 16, 2025 No Comments

Events

Calypso Rose & Kobo Town to Perform at Small World Music Festival in Toronto

World Music Central News Room September 19, 2014 No Comments

Calypso Rose & Kobo Town are set to perform on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Revival, 783 College St. in Toronto. McArtha Lewis, Calypso Rose,…

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The Rough Guide to Flamenco Guitar

TJ Nelson September 18, 2014 No Comments Flamencoflamenco guitar

Various Artists The Rough Guide to Flamenco Guitar (World Music Network, 2014) Dipping into the heady world of flamenco guitar can be a little daunting…

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Balkan Brass Emotion in Guca

Angel Romero September 17, 2014 No Comments

Various Artists Brasslands (Evergreene Music 007, 2014) Brasslands is the soundtrack to a film dedicated to documenting the most important brass music festivals in Eastern…

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A Formidable Gathering of Voices

Angel Romero September 16, 2014 No Comments

Moira Smiley & VOCO Laughter Out of Tears (Whim Records, 2014) Moira Smiley & VOCO have released Laughter Out of Tears, an album of beautiful…

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Extraordinary Harp Affinity

Angel Romero September 15, 2014 No Comments

Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita Clychau Dibon (Mwldan, 2013) Welsh harp master Catrin Finch and kora virtuoso Seckou Keita got together to celebrate the beauty…

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Passion for the Music and Culture of the Baka Forest People of Cameroon

Angel Romero September 14, 2014 No Comments

Baka Beyond After the Tempest (March Hare Music MAHA CD36, 2014) British world music band Baka Beyond is back with an album titled After the…

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Events

New York’s World Music Institute Reveals 2014-15 Season

World Music Central News Room September 13, 2014 1 Comment

World Music Institute (WMI) recently announced its 2014-15 season. Under the leadership of artistic director Karen Sander, World Music Institute’s goal is to divulge international…

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Best of Africa Anthology

Arthur Shuey September 13, 2014 No Comments

Various Artists Best of Africa (ARC Music EUCD 2526) Best of sub-Saharan Africa, really. Quite fun. Producers went back quite a number of years in…

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Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen Releases Go Back Video

World Music Central News Room September 12, 2014 No Comments

Nigerian musician Tony Allen has a new music video for the single “Go Back” featuring Damon Albarn. The single is a tribute to African refugees…

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New CDs

Easy Star All-Stars to Release 10-Year Anniversary Special Edition of Dub Side of the Moon

World Music Central News Room September 12, 2014 No Comments Easy Star All-StarsReggae

Easy Star Records has announced the release of a special anniversary edition of Dub Side of the Moon with new artwork, an in-depth liner note…

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