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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…

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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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    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
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    Effervescent Reggae

    Tom Orr December 16, 2025 No Comments
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    World Music Central News Room December 15, 2025 No Comments

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Anne-Mari Kivimäkihe Celebrates the Life of Accordion player Ilja Kotikallio

Angel Romero June 23, 2014 No Comments

Anne-Mari Kivimäki Aikapyörä – The Wheel of Time (Sibelius Akatemia, 2013) The Wheel of Time by Finnish accordionist and composer Anne-Mari Kivimäki presents a collection…

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Sarod concerts during ‘A Solstice Summer of Indian Music’ in New York City

World Music Central News Room June 22, 2014 No Comments

  Two sarod concerts by Anupam Shobhakar and Camila Celin will take place during “A Solstice Summer of Indian Music” in Central Park, New York…

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Menese, Rancapino and Fernando de la Morena celebrate their 50 years on stage

World Music Central News Room June 21, 2014 No Comments

  The Teatro Español will host on Friday June 27, a unique and unrepeatable show. The concert will bring together the three most orthodox flamenco…

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Dead Capo to close Jazz sin etiquetas Series at Madrid’s Sala Berlanga

Angel Romero June 21, 2014 No Comments

On June 22, 2014, Dead Capo will close the music series Jazz sin etiquetas (Jazz without tags). The Madrid band has over fifteen years of…

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Iñaki Arakistain to perform on June 21 at the Sala Berlanga in Madrid

World Music Central News Room June 20, 2014 No Comments

On June 21, 2014, saxophonist Iñaki Arakistain will present his new album, Saxual, to be released soon. A versatile instrumentalist and a familiar face in…

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Exib Music 2014 meeting point between the professionals and artists of Latin America and the European music industry

Albert Reguant June 20, 2014 No Comments

  From May 8 to 10 this year, Bilbao (Basque Country – Spain) hosted the first Exib Music event. Exib Music is a new European…

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Flamenco pianist Laura de los Ángeles releases her second album Mi Nueva Esperanza

World Music Central News Room June 19, 2014 No Comments

Pianist Laura de los Ángeles has become the first woman in history to record and release two flamenco piano albums composed by herself. Mi Nueva…

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‘Jazz untagged’ from 20 to 22 June in Madrid

World Music Central News Room June 18, 2014 No Comments

The SGAE Foundation has organized the series ‘Jazz sin etiquetas’ (Jazz untagged) from June 20 to 22, 2014 at the Sala Berlanga in Madrid. The…

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Interviews

Interview with Jamie Smith’s Mabon, Performers at 2014 Rainforest World Music Festival

Angel Romero June 18, 2014 No Comments accordionCeltic musicJamie SmithJamie Smith’s MabonWelsh music

Jamie Smith’s Mabon (JSM), an award winning, Welsh based band is of the UK’s finest original InterCeltic music performers, crossing borders to explore the forms…

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WOMEX 2014 Announces First Set of Showcases

World Music Central News Room June 17, 2014 No Comments

  World Music Expo WOMEX announced today the first set of artists selected to perform at the 2014 edition to take place in historic Santiago…

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