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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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  • Album reviews

    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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  • Album reviews

    Lô And Behold: Maame, a DYI Effort

    Cheikh Lô – Maame (World Circuit, 2025) A decade has passed since Cheikh Lô last offered a studio album, and Maame feels like a homecoming…

    Madison Quinn December 17, 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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    Cool Ruler Meets Keyboard King On ‘Love Without Intermission’

    World Music Central News Room December 15, 2025 No Comments
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    Jamaica Meets Irie-Land

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New CDs

The Carter Brothers Announce New Album Titled The Road To Roosky

World Music Central News Room October 1, 2011 No Comments

The Carter Brothers are releasing their first album of rocking bluegrass, and their first with Compass Records, The Road To Roosky, on October 25. Tim…

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Tour Announcements

Rising Reggae Band The Green Announces Album and United States Tour

World Music Central News Room September 30, 2011 No Comments ReggaeThe Green

Hawaii-based reggae band has a new album titled Ways & Means and they will be touring throughout the continental United States, starting in October. In…

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New CDs

World Routes: On The Road to Present Previously Unreleased World music from BBC3

Angel Romero September 30, 2011 No Comments

World Routes: On The Road, scheduled for release on November 14, is a 2 CD set of previously unreleased material recorded by the BBC Radio…

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Events

Edgar Meyer, double bass to Perform in Durham at Duke University on March 1, 2012

World Music Central News Room September 30, 2011 No Comments

Bassist Edgar Meyer is set to perform on at Duke University’s Reynolds Industries Theater in Durham, North Carolina on Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 8:00…

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Awards

Professor Theodore Levin Wins ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for his Music of Central Asia Liner Notes

World Music Central News Room September 29, 2011 No Comments

Professor Theodore Levin has won an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for his liner notes to volumes 7, 8 and 9 of the ‘Music of Central…

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Awards

Canadian Folk Legend Oscar Brand to Receive Prestigious Winnipeg Folk Festival Artistic Achievement Award

World Music Central News Room September 29, 2011 2 Comments

The Winnipeg Folk Festival announced that folk legend Oscar Brand will receive the festival’s 2011 Artistic Achievement Award. The award recognizes outstanding artistic achievement of…

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Album reviews

Instilling the Love for Irish Music

Angel Romero September 29, 2011 No Comments

John Doyle Shadow and Light on Compass Records CD4562, 2011 With his new solo, titled Shadow and Light, Irish guitarist and singer-songwriter demonstrates that he…

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Events

Indian Sitar Maestro Ravi Shankar to Perform Tomorrow Thursday September 29th 2011 at Walt Disney Concert Hall

World Music Central News Room September 28, 2011 No Comments

Legendary sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar is set to perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Thursday September 29th at 8 p.m. This concert was originally…

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General News

World Music Conference WOMEX 2013 to be Held in Cardiff, Wales

World Music Central News Room September 28, 2011 No Comments

International music conference WOMEX will be held in Cardiff in Wales, United Kingdom. Cardiff won the international bid to host WOMEX from Wednesday, 23 to…

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Album reviews

On the New Edge of Kaustinen

Angel Romero September 28, 2011 No Comments

Frigg Grannen (Frig00007, 2011) If you like fiddles, Finnish-Norwegian band Frigg is as good as it gets. Fronted by five fiddlers, the Scandinavian band wows…

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