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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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    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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    Effervescent Reggae

    Tom Orr December 16, 2025 No Comments

Album reviews

Bebel Gilberto Sings About Each Little Moment

Angel Romero September 3, 2014 No Comments

Bebel Gilberto Tudo (Portrait/Sony Music Masterworks, 2014) Tudo is the first album by Brazilian singer-songwriter Bebel Gilberto in five years. Even though she started her…

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Piciciwin, Cree Round Dances

Angel Romero September 2, 2014 No Comments

Piciciwin (Canyon Records CR-6514, 2014) is the latest collection of vibrant round dance songs by the well respected Cree Confederation. This group features singers and…

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Events

¡Globalquerque! World Music Festival Celebrates 10 Years

World Music Central News Room September 1, 2014 No Comments

¡Globalquerque! New Mexico’s annual celebration of global music and culture will take place on September 19 and 20, 2014 at the striking National Hispanic Cultural…

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James Duncan Mackenzie Band to Perform at MIMO Festival 2014 in Olinda

World Music Central News Room September 1, 2014 No Comments

  James Duncan Mackenzie Band (Scotland) is set to perform on September 6 at MIMO’s festival in Olinda at SEMINÁRIO DE OLINDA at 19:00 (7:00…

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Bob Dylan’s Legendary The Basement Tapes to Be Released in Its Entirety as a Boxed Set

World Music Central News Room August 31, 2014 No Comments

Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings have announced the release of Bob Dylan’s The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 on November 4th, 2014. The anthology…

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Awards

Carlos Vives to Receive Hispanic Heritage Foundation Legend Award

World Music Central News Room August 31, 2014 No Comments

  The Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) announced the 2014 Hispanic Heritage Awards Honorees, who will receive their prestigious recognition on September 18 at the Warner…

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Album reviews

Deeply Moving Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs from Aleppo

TJ Nelson August 30, 2014 1 Comment

Nawa Ancient Sufi Invocations & Forgotten Songs from Aleppo (Electric Cowbell Records, 2014) Jason Hamacher of Lost Origin Productions is on a mission – to…

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Events

Unity Concert to Bring Together Folk, Jazz and Indigenous Musicians in Support of The Great Sioux Nation

TJ Nelson August 30, 2014 No Comments

The call has come from Earthdance The Global Festival for Peace for donors, activists, volunteers and for like-minded folks to take part in the two-day…

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Events

Nen Daiko to Perform at Synetic Theatre in Arlington

World Music Central News Room August 29, 2014 No Comments

  To celebrate its 20th year of existence as a group, Nen Daiko (Japanese: 念太鼓) is hosting concert at the Synetic Theater in Crystal City.…

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Album reviews

Bettina Flater, Exceptionally Talented Nordic Flamenco Artist

Angel Romero August 29, 2014 No Comments

Bettina Flater Women en Mi II – La Gota y la Mar (WeM records, 2014) Bettina Flater is a remarkable Norwegian flamenco guitarist and singer-songwriter…

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