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    Ashavahishta Channels Rumi On Trance-Driven The Ring

    Ashavahishta – The Ring (X Dot 25 Music, 2025) World fusion trance group Ashavahishta released its new album The Ring on October 31, 2025. The…

    Angel Romero December 12, 2025 No Comments
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    Wesli’s Impressive ‘Makaya’ and The Echo Of Revolt

    Wesli – Makaya (WUP, 2025) Makaya, the expansive and awe-inspiring 24-track double album from Haitian-Canadian singer, guitarist, and folklorist Wesli stretches to nearly one hour…

    Angel Romero December 10, 2025 No Comments
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    Disobedience Required: A Review of Cristina Branco’s Mulheres de Abril 

    Cristina Branco – Mulheres de Abril (Locomotiva Azul, 2025) For over thirty years, Cristina Branco has been reinterpreting fado, Portugal’s national music, for an ever-increasing…

    John Alan Urquhart December 9, 2025 No Comments
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    Rabab Meets Trumpet: Sangat Intertwines Sikh & Sufi Lines

    Sangat – Sangat (2025) Afghan American rabab virtuoso Qais Essar and Sikh American trumpet player-singer Sonny Singh released their joint debut album Sangat recently. The…

    Angel Romero December 8, 2025 No Comments
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    Phoenyx Rekindles the Celtic Rock Fire: Keepers of the Flame Returns

    Phoenyx – Keepers of the Flame (Prometheus Music, 2025) Phoenyx was a pioneering Celtic rock band that was well known in the San Francisco Bay…

    Angel Romero December 7, 2025 1 Comment
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Featured News

  • Matt B standing in the middle of a rural path.
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    Matt B’s Remarkable Intercontinental collaboration on New Single “They Know”

    World Music Central News Room December 12, 2025 No Comments
  • The image presents a vintage-style illustrated poster in green tones. Several women surround a central figure, adjusting her hair and clothing. Bold yellow lettering reads “ME DIO PELUSA,” with smaller text above and below noting it as a film by “El Tragaluz” and “basada en una historia real.”
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    Karmento Turns Envy Into A Party In New ‘Me dio pelusa’ Video

    World Music Central News Room December 11, 2025 No Comments
  • Magoo - Photo by Jeff Fasano. A photo of the band with an effect that makes the musicians duplicated.
    Music videos

    Magoo Spins Jazz-Lit Newgrass on ‘What a Life’

    World Music Central News Room December 11, 2025 No Comments
  • Carmel stands on a sandy shoreline beneath a pale sky, wrapped in sweeping, translucent orange fabric that lifts in the sea breeze.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Butterfly-menco

    Tom Orr December 10, 2025 No Comments
  • Bryan Sutton - Grandfather’s Clock cover artwork. A light violet cover with a photo of a leafless tree.
    Music videos

    Bryan Sutton Taps Sierra Hull For Playful “Grandfather’s Clock” Guitar Duet

    World Music Central News Room December 9, 2025 No Comments
  • Periscopi Invertit Sa Ximbomba cover artwork. an illustration of a friction drum: a ximbomba or zambomba.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Mediterranean Update

    Tom Orr December 8, 2025 No Comments

Album reviews

Hawaiian Music Masters Join The Descendants

Angel Romero December 7, 2011 No Comments

Various Artists Music from the motion picture The Descendants (Sony Masterworks, 2011) The Descendants is the new movie featuring George Clooney. The film takes place…

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Awards

Canadian Folk Music Awards 2011 Announced

World Music Central News Room December 7, 2011 No Comments

The winners of the 7th Annual Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMAs) were announced on Sunday, December 4th at Toronto’s Isabel Bader Theatre. World music powerhouse…

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General News

Free Dub Colossus Download Every Monday

World Music Central News Room December 7, 2011 No Comments

Dub Colossus: The Ezana Stone Sessions This week – Real World and Dub Colossus launch The Ezana Stone Sessions – a ten week free track…

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Events

Willie Nelson & Family to Perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall in March 2012

Angel Romero December 6, 2011 No Comments

Willie Nelson, American country singer-songwriter, actor and activist, makes his debut appearance at Walt Disney Concert Hall with a one-night-only Willie Nelson & Family concert…

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General News

2011 World Music Central Gift Guide

TJ Nelson December 6, 2011 No Comments

Here we are again for the World Music Central Gift Guide, ready to help you wend your way through some of best music and music-inspired…

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Album reviews

Modern Bellydance From Lebanon

Madanmohan Rao December 6, 2011 No Comments

Emad Sayyah Modern Bellydance from Lebanon (ARC Music) This collection is an enticing array of exotic and rhythmic bellydance pieces. The arrangements range from lush…

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General News

The Silk Road Ensemble Performance for Artistic Director Yo-Yo Ma to be broadcast on CBS on December 27, 2011

World Music Central News Room December 5, 2011 No Comments

The Grammy-nominated Silk Road Ensemble joined great performers at the Kennedy Center Opera House stage in honoring renowned cellist and Silk Road Project Artistic Director…

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Interviews

Wu Man Has the World on a String

Tony Hillier December 5, 2011 No Comments

Wu Man, ‘the princess of pipa’, has single-handedly established her instrument on the world stage in recent years via solo performances and a series of…

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Album reviews

Reworked Sounds of the World

Angel Romero December 4, 2011 No Comments

TriBeCaStan New Deli (Evergreene Music 005, 2001) New York-based TriBeCaStan is envisioned as sort of folk orchestra, although its sound comes closer to jazz swing…

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Events

The Klezmatics to Perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall December 19, 2011

World Music Central News Room December 3, 2011 No Comments

Grammy-winning Klezmer band The Klezmatics will be performing on Monday, December 19, 2011, 8:00pm at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The Klezmatics is one of the…

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