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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 -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

Album reviews

A Valuable History Lesson on Peruvian Rock Music

TJ Nelson August 28, 2014 No Comments

Various Artists Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul & Psych in Peru’s Radical Decade (Tiger’s Milk Records, 2014) Once upon a time rock guitarists, bassists and drummers…

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Events

Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba to Perform at MIMO Festival 2014 in Ouro Preto and Olinda

World Music Central News Room August 28, 2014 No Comments

Celebrated Malian virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate and his band Ngoni Ba are set to perform on August 30, 2014 at MIMO Festival 2014 in Ouro Preto…

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Obituaries

Peret, Father of Catalan Rumba Dies at 79

Angel Romero August 27, 2014 1 Comment

  Spain’s General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE), announced today that Pedro Pubill Calaf, better known as Peret, died today at the age of…

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Events

WOMEX 2014 to Present opening Concert ‘Compostela – The Roots, The Way’

World Music Central News Room August 26, 2014 No Comments

  This year’s WOMEX opening concert titled Compostela – The Roots, The Way’ will take place on Wednesday, October 22nd at 19:30 (7:30 pm) in…

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Album reviews

Chassol Explores the Music and Sounds of India

Angel Romero August 26, 2014 No Comments

Chassol Indiamore (2013) French composer and multi-instrumentalist Chassol traveled to India in 2012. In Kolkata (Calcutta) and Varanasi (Benares), Chassol filmed sitarists, percussionists, singers, dancers,…

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New CDs

Murat Ses 11th album titled Kiosk Torba released in the USA and worldwide

sven August 25, 2014 No Comments

Murat Ses, the Turkish-Austrian keyboard player and presents his brand new album “Kiosk Torba” released on Clou Records (Clou-012) on August 22, 2014. Kiosk Torba…

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Jorge Pardo’s Real Time Sound Perceptions

Angel Romero August 25, 2014 No Comments

Jorge Pardo – Historias de Radha y Krishna

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Events

DakhaBrakha to Perform two shows in Chicago Today

World Music Central News Room August 24, 2014 No Comments

  Innovative Ukrainian folk/world music band DakhaBrakha returns to Chicago today for a concert at Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse Ave. Chicago at 18:00 (6:00…

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Events

Famagusta Experience Brings together Flamenco and Turkish Music

World Music Central News Room August 24, 2014 No Comments

  Turkish music act Taksim Trio, Flamenco jazz wizard Dorantes and pioneering flamenco bassist Carles Benavent are set to perform together on August 26, 2014…

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Events

The Original Wailers will perform a Bob Marley Tribute Concert in Madrid

Angel Romero August 24, 2014 No Comments

After selling out all tickets last February, The Original Wailers will revisit Spain with the original keyboardist for the Bob Marley band, Tyrone Downie and…

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