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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
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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

New CDs

Trumpet Innovator Ibrahim Maalouf to Release Wind in 2013

Angel Romero December 21, 2012 No Comments

Harmonia Mundi has announced the release of a new album titled Wind by groundbreaking jazz trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf. Asked by the French national film library…

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Concert reviews

Deep India: Ethnic Electronica band Deep Forest performs in India for the first time

Madanmohan Rao December 21, 2012 No Comments

Grammy Award winning band from France, Deep Forest performed recently for their first time in India at the ‘Deep India’ concert, held at the Taj…

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Events

Essential North American World Music Showcase globalFEST 2013 Celebrates Tenth Anniversary

World Music Central News Room December 20, 2012 No Comments

globalFEST, the most influential annual world music showcase held in the United States, will celebrate its 10th anniversary next month. The 2013 edition will take…

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Sandblast Announces Studio-Live Developments for Saharawi Refugees

World Music Central News Room December 19, 2012 No Comments

Sandblast’s music empowerment project has been gaining strength in the past six months. The Staples Trust recently gave a £10,000 grant for activities in the…

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Awards

Le Vent du Nord Receive Prestigious French World Music Award

Angel Romero December 18, 2012 No Comments

Quebec band Le Vent du Nord (The North Wind) is the recipient of the Grand Prix du Disque 2012 ‘Musique du Monde’ (World Music) from…

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Album reviews

Bomba Estéreo Having a Good Time

Angel Romero December 18, 2012 No Comments

Bomba Estéreo Elegancia Tropical (Polen Records, 2012) The new album by popular Colombian band Bomba Estéreo brings more of their well-established formula that blends cumbia…

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New CDs

Piranha to Release Latin Noir – Everything Happens On The Beach

World Music Central News Room December 17, 2012 No Comments

World music label Piranha Records continues its Noir series with a focus on melancholic Latin inspired music. The title of this new compilation is Latin…

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New CDs

Amazigh Musician Moh Alileche Releases When the Dust Settles

World Music Central News Room December 16, 2012 No Comments

The Moh Alileche Ensemble presented this weekend the latest album by Algerian musician Moh Alileche. The new CD, titled “When the Dust Settles,” was recorded…

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General News

T-Shirt Design Competitions for Rainforest World Music Festivals & Borneo Jazz 2013

World Music Central News Room December 16, 2012 No Comments

The Rainforest World Music and Borneo Jazz Festivals have launched a t-shirt design competition to find an inspiring design that represents the fusion of music…

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Album reviews

Sleeper

Angel Romero December 15, 2012 No Comments

Kan Sleeper (KANCD01, 2012) Sleeper is the title of the most recent album by Kan, a contemporary Celtic music band based in the UK. Kan…

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