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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
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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

Film Reviews

Ravi Shankar Live In Escondido

Angel Romero December 31, 2012 No Comments

Ravi Shankar Tenth Decade – In Concert: Live In Escondido (East Meets West Music, 2012) Tenth Decade – In Concert: Live In Escondido is a…

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Celtic Connections 2013 to Bring a Taste of other Festivals to Glasgow

World Music Central News Room December 30, 2012 1 Comment

Since its inception in 1997, Celtic Colours in Cape Breton has been one of Celtic Connections’ closest kindred festivals, building on the island’s unique Scottish…

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Breogan’s Harps

Angel Romero December 29, 2012 No Comments

Rodrigo Romani As Arpas de Breogán (Fol Musica, 2012) Although Galicia (Spain) is considered one of the regions of the Celtic music world, the Celtic…

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Putumayo Presents Blues Lounge

Madanmohan Rao December 28, 2012 No Comments

Various Artists Putumayo Presents Blues Lounge (Putumayo World Music, 2004) This is one of Putumayo’s more inventive compilations, but one that produces mixed results. The…

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World Music Central’s Best World Music Albums of 2012

Angel Romero December 27, 2012 1 Comment world music

At World Music Central we don’t have a single list of best albums. Instead, we ask our writers and a special guest to send us…

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Red Baraat Announces 2013 Tour Dates and New Album

World Music Central News Room December 26, 2012 No Comments

Bhangra brass band Red Baraat has announced the release of a new album titled Shruggy Ji, scheduled for release on January 22, 2013. The world…

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Autio Huvila

Angel Romero December 25, 2012 No Comments

Kardemimmit Autio Huvila (Frigg000008, 2012) From Finland comes yet another musical wonder. Kardemimmit is a Finnish folk music quartet formed by young women: Maija Pokela,…

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Events

Collaboration and Camaraderie at Celtic Connections 2013

World Music Central News Room December 24, 2012 No Comments

Celtic Connections’ well-known spirit of camaraderie will once again bring together high profile artists from the worlds of folk, roots and rock for a series…

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Concert reviews

World Jazz: New Jungle Orchestra Blends African and Indian Music with Jazz

Madanmohan Rao December 23, 2012 No Comments

Music fans in Bangalore were treated to a unique mix of ‘world jazz,’ with a blend of modern jazz, African highlife, and Indian Carnatic classical…

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Album reviews

Finding Fusion

Tom Orr December 22, 2012 No Comments

Mixing and matching musical styles can often be a good thing and sometimes be a great thing. It can help global music listeners discover new…

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