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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

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    Love In Bloom – Double Tiger Grows New “Love Garden” Single

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    Robert Plant Drops New Everybody’s Song Video With Saving Grace

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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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General News

Brasil Music Exchange to Showcase the Best of Brazilian Music

World Music Central News Room May 27, 2014 No Comments

Radio production company Folded Wing teamed up with Brasil Música & Artes and Apex-Brasil to produce a monthly hour-long radio show called Brasil Music Exchange…

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Shubha Mudgal and Bombay Jayashri to present Jugalbandi in New York City

World Music Central News Room May 26, 2014 No Comments

SAMAA (South Asian Music and Dance Association) will present Shubha Mudgal and Bombay Jayashri , performing the entrancing classical ragas of North India (Hindustani) and…

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Penang World Music Festival 2014, Day One: African and Asian Showcase!

Madanmohan Rao May 25, 2014 No Comments

  The Penang World Music Festival 2014 kicked off on a fine Malaysian summer weekend, at the Botanic Gardens’ Quarry Park. It was an honour…

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Caetano Veloso Dishes Out the Bare-Knuckled Rawness of His Vocals

TJ Nelson May 24, 2014 No Comments

Caetano Veloso Abraçaço (Nonesuch, 2014) With a career that includes more than thirty albums such as Domingo, Veloso, Gil e Bethania, Araca Azul, Brasil, Noites…

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Fujara Flute Course in the USA

World Music Central News Room May 23, 2014 1 Comment

A 5-day course conducted by Bob Rychlik will introduce the large Slovak fujara flute to American music fans. The classes will take place at Common…

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Album reviews

Imarhan Timbuktu Delivers the Desert Blues

TJ Nelson May 22, 2014 No Comments

Imarhan Timbuktu Akal Warled (Clermont Music, 2014) Those looking for a desert blues fix should check out Imarhan Timbuktu’s Akal Warled out now on the…

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Acetre Releases New Music Video “La Casa de Mosés”

Angel Romero May 22, 2014 No Comments

Spanish world music group Acetre, one of the best exponents of the border music from Spain and Portugal has just released a new video entitled…

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Boróimhe – The Life And Times of Brian Ború Music Suite

World Music Central News Room May 22, 2014 No Comments

For the Millennium Celebration of Brian Ború́ in 2014 – Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann has commissioned composer Michael Rooney to write a suite of music reflecting…

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Events

Tropicalism Event Guacamayo Fest Coming to Madrid

World Music Central News Room May 22, 2014 No Comments

Guacamayo Fest (Macaw Fest) will take place in Madrid between May 31 and June 20. The festival consists of a series of artistic and cultural…

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globalFEST to Present Cutting Edge World Music at Bonnaroo 2014

World Music Central News Room May 21, 2014 No Comments

Influential world music showcase globalFEST has teamed up again with with Bonnaroo to bring forward-looking global sounds to the the leading summer music festival. “Sounds…

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