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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
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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

Trilok Gurtu Band to Perform at MIMO Festival 2014 in Ouro Preto and Olinda

World Music Central News Room August 11, 2014 No Comments

Multiple-award winning Indian percussionist and composer Trilok Gurtu is set to perform on August 31, 2014 at MIMO Festival 2014 in Ouro Preto at Praça…

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Interviews

Aussie Oud Maestro Shines Again

Tony Hillier August 10, 2014 No Comments

Joseph Tawadros has managed to raise the bar yet again, as if the latter wasn’t already elevated enough. Permission To Evaporate completes a trilogy of…

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The Superb Musicianship of Senegalese Band Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès

Angel Romero August 9, 2014 No Comments

Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès Aw Sa Yone Vol.1 (Teranga Beat, 2013) Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès was a legendary Senegalese band that mixed West African beats with Afrojazz…

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Michael Chapman to Release Live At Folk Cotttage, Cornwall 1967

World Music Central News Room August 8, 2014 No Comments

Tree House Records will release on August 25, 2014 Michael Chapman’s album Live At Folk Cotttage, Cornwall 1967. Previously unreleased, these are the earliest known…

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Orlando Julius and The Heliocentrics, an Explosive Mix

Angel Romero August 8, 2014 No Comments

Orlando Julius Jaiyede Afro (2014) Jaiyede Afro brings together the vibrant saxophone of celebrated Nigerian musician Orlando Julius and edgy British psychedelic jazz band The…

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Events

Algerian Tuareg Nabil Baly Othmani to Perform at Sahara Soul in London

World Music Central News Room August 7, 2014 No Comments

Tuareg artist Nabil Baly Othmani (Algeria) is set to perform on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Barbican in London. A native of Djanet, a small…

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General News

Elito Revé y su Charangón to Perform at Habanarte in September 2014

World Music Central News Room August 6, 2014 No Comments

  Elito Revé y su Charangón, the well-known Cuban band also known as “La Revé”, is set to perform in Havana during the major arts…

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Album reviews

Saor Patrol Fueled by Adrenalin

Arthur Shuey August 5, 2014 1 Comment

Saor Patrol Open Air Asylum (ARC MUSIC EUCD 2499, 2014) If you are of Scots extraction, you will enjoy Saor Patrol. No question. As a…

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Interviews

A Stellar Strings Quartet

Tony Hillier August 4, 2014 No Comments

  Two of the British Isles’ most renowned folk duos, joined by holy matrimony and the spirit of musical adventure, are an exemplar of stringed…

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Events

Winston Mcanuff & Fixi to Perform at MIMO Festival 2014 in Ouro Preto and Olinda

World Music Central News Room August 3, 2014 No Comments

  Winston Mcanuff & Fixi are set to perform on August 30, 2014 at MIMO Festival 2014 in Ouro Preto at at Praça Tiradentes at…

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