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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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    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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    Effervescent Reggae

    Tom Orr December 16, 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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Events

Carolina Chocolate Drops and Luminescent Orchestrii to Perform at Duke University on December 2

World Music Central News Room September 23, 2011 No Comments

Carolina Chocolate Drops and Luminescent Orchestrii are set to perform at Duke University’s Page Auditorium in Durham, North Carolina on Friday, December 2, 2011, at…

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Awards

Roskilde Festival Gives World Music Award to Egyptian Center for Local Music

World Music Central News Room September 22, 2011 No Comments

The board of the Roskilde Festival World Music Award (Denmark) has chosen the El Mastaba Center for Folk Music as the 2011 recipient of the…

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Album reviews

Balkan Lusitanians

Angel Romero September 22, 2011 No Comments

Mu Casa Nostra Portuguese band Mu continues its global musical travels with its second album titled Casa Nostra (Our House). Mu combines original Balkan-inspired material…

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Interview with World fusion Pioneer Matthew Montfort of “Ancient Future”

Madanmohan Rao September 22, 2011 1 Comment

“World fusion music is a cross-cultural collaboration between master musicians” – Matthew Montfort of “Ancient Future” Formed in 1978, Ancient Future is a long-running “musical…

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Film Reviews

Renowned Salsa and Jazz Pianist Eddie Palmieri Celebrates 50 Years with DVD

Angel Romero September 21, 2011 No Comments Eddie Palmieri

Musician, composer and band leader Eddie Palmieri celebrated his 50th anniversary with a live concert filmed at the Bushnell Memorial Theater in Hartford, Connecticut. Palmieri…

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Album reviews

Noah Never Had it so Funky

Tom Orr September 19, 2011 No Comments

The Funk Ark From the Rooftops (ESL Music ESL176, 2011) I don’t know what your reminiscences of the good old days are all about, but…

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Album reviews

Klezmer Rooted and Reinvented

Tom Orr September 19, 2011 No Comments

The Klezmatics – Live at Town Hall (Klezmatics Disc KD2010, 2011) Roger Davidson – On the Road of Life (Soundbrush Records SR1020, 2011) Could New…

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Events

Guitarist Diego del Morao to Perform at 6th Annual Bay Area Festival Flamenco

World Music Central News Room September 19, 2011 No Comments

Guitarist Diego del Morao will perform a tribute concert to his father, Moraíto on Saturday October 22 at 8:00pm, at Brava Theater, San Francisco. Born…

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Events

Nordic Club Showcase Returns to WOMEX 2011

World Music Central News Room September 18, 2011 No Comments

The popular Nordic Club Stage returns to WOMEX in 2011, offering delegates a final opportunity to discover the music of the Scandinavian region in broad…

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Album reviews

Spanish Fiesta in Havana

Angel Romero September 18, 2011 No Comments

Various Artists La Habana era una fiesta (Vampisoul) This double CD set unearths a collection of recordings from Cuban radio’s vaults, ranging from the 1940s…

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