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    Garden Of Silence Returns With Debut Album Neither You Nor I

    Garden of Silence – Neither You Nor I (Bazaarpool, 2025) Swiss-based ensemble Garden Of Silence released its debut album Neither You Nor I on Bazaarpool…

    Angel Romero February 15, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Cane Bagpipe Comeback: Xavier Blanco Revives A Lost Galician Sound

    Xavier Blanco — A Gaita de Cana de Moaña (Several Records, 2001) Xavier Blanco Nogueira, a Galician piper from Moaña in the Morrazo region of…

    Angel Romero February 14, 2026 No Comments
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    Oumou Sangaré’s Ko Sira Brought Wassulu Power To The World Stage

    Oumou Sangare – Ko Sira (World Circuit/Rounder, 1993) Malian singer Oumou Sangaré cemented her international profile with Ko Sira, her second widely distributed release, delivered…

    Madison Quinn February 13, 2026 No Comments
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    Taking the Fifth

    La Cumbia Chicharra – Quinto Mundo (Music Box Publishing, 2025) Two of the innumerable things I’m no good at are defining what exactly is meant…

    Tom Orr February 13, 2026 No Comments
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    Kunbe Brings The Power of Afro-Rock Fusion to Fanga

    Kunbe – Fanga (Adjololo Records, 2025) Fanga, the second album from Kunbe, continues the collaboration between Malian musicians and the Livenais brothers, longtime figures in…

    Angel Romero February 12, 2026 No Comments
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  • Throwdown Thursday - Next Big Thing cover artwork. a band photo outdoors on a field, holding musical instruments.
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    Throwdown Thursday Chases “Next Big Thing”

    World Music Central News Room February 14, 2026 No Comments
  • Natural Mighty A Road. A band photo from the video.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Road to Reggae

    Tom Orr February 13, 2026 No Comments
  • Lucie Hendry Ashes cover artwork. An illustration of a swan or heron and green sprouts growing from a pile of ashes.
    Music videos

    Lucie Hendry Ashes, a Space Between Chaos and Anticipation

    World Music Central News Room February 12, 2026 No Comments
  • Two men in suits stand waist-deep in the sea, facing away from each other. One wears a strange helmet and holds a device, while the other carries bright cleaning gloves. Centered text above them reads “Wallbreaker” with the artists’ names beneath it.
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    Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell Roll Out “Wallbreaker”

    World Music Central News Room February 11, 2026 No Comments
  • La Machine - Les Rodeurs album cover artwork. A field of bright green grass stretches across the foreground, meeting a distant modern city skyline under a cloud-dotted sky. Centered at the top, red typography reads “La Machine – Les Rôdeurs,” with a small decorative emblem between the words.
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    Welcome to the Machine

    Tom Orr February 10, 2026 No Comments
  • A modern cover with a light gray background and black typography. The names Gerardo Frisina and Luzia Dvorek appear at the top, while the title “Meu Canto feat. Toco” sits on the right beside the Schema Records logo. Overlapping red and gray rectangles fill the center, layered with black palm tree silhouettes.
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    “Meu Canto”: Brazilian Flavors by Frisina, Luzia Dvorek, and Toco

    World Music Central News Room February 9, 2026 No Comments

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Music videos

Mike Mitchell Unveils New Heartbreak Single “Bridge I Can’t Burn”

World Music Central News Room January 15, 2026 No Comments BluegrassMike Mitchellworld music

Mike Mitchell has released his new single “Bridge I Can’t Burn” via Mountain Fever Records. The track delivers a candid look at the painful turning…

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Awards

Folk Showdown In Glasgow – Meet The 2026 Finalists

World Music Central News Room January 15, 2026 No Comments ÀirdanCeltic musicEvie Waddell BandKetuRaiveltScottish musicThe Way Nortworld music

Organizers have confirmed the five finalists for the Battle of the Folk Bands 2026, held during Celtic Connections in Glasgow. The shortlisted acts are: Àirdan,…

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Vision String Quartet Go Off-Road On ‘In The Fields’

Tyler Bennet January 15, 2026 No Comments Vision String Quartetwestern classical musicworld fusionworld music

Vision String Quartet – In The Fields (ACT, 2025) Berlin’s vision string quartet returns in 2026 with In The Fields, its first album in five…

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Obituaries

Early Music Trailblazer Gregorio Paniagua, Founder Of Atrium Musicae, Dies At 81

World Music Central News Room January 14, 2026 No Comments Early MusicGregorio PaniaguaSpanish musicworld music

(headline image: Gregorio Paniagua – photo by Carlos Paniagua, 1961) Gregorio Paniagua, Spanish early music director, composer, and founder of the Madrid ensemble Atrium Musicae,…

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Alfredo Lagos’ Guitar to Light Up Madrid

World Music Central News Room January 14, 2026 No Comments Alfredo LagosFlamencoSpanish musicworld music

The Círculo Flamenco de Madrid continues its thirteenth season on Thursday, January 15, 2026, with a guitar concert by Alfredo Lagos. The event begins at…

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Tour Announcements

Klezmer Legends The Klezmatics Launch 40th Anniversary Tour With New Album Preview

World Music Central News Room January 14, 2026 No Comments KlezmerThe Klezmaticsworld musicYiddish music

Grammy-winning klezmer band The Klezmatics has launched its 40th Anniversary World Tour with a live preview of new music from We Were Made for These…

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Events

Vasilis Kostas Presents Contemporary And Traditional Music Of Epirus, Greece

World Music Central News Room January 14, 2026 No Comments Greek musicVasilis Kostasworld music

(headline image: Vasilis Kostas – Photo by Yannis Psathas) Vasilis Kostas is set to perform at Roulette on Saturday, April 18, 2026. The lauto player…

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Events

Amy Grant, Sandy Kelly Lead Belfast’s Your Roots Are Showing 2026

Angel Romero January 13, 2026 No Comments Celtic musicworld musicYour Roots Are Showing

Your Roots Are Showing (YRAS), billed as Ireland’s only dedicated folk, roots and traditional music conference, has announced full details for its 2026 edition in…

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Music videos Single reviews

Congolese French Connection

Tom Orr January 13, 2026 No Comments Paris-Kinshasa ExpressPatrick Mundéléworld music

Spearheaded by singer-songwriter Patrick Mundélé, Paris Kinshasa Express delightfully achieves the express purpose of saluting the classic Congolese sound that bridges rumba and soukous with…

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Album reviews

Spellbinding Shadow Folk: Antinoë Bends Darkness On ‘The Fold’

Angel Romero January 13, 2026 No Comments Antinoëdark folkneoclassicalprogressive folkprogressive rock

Antinoë – The Fold (Dark Essence Records, 2025) Antinoë presents The Fold, a hauntingly beautiful chamber-like convergence of neoclassical folk, melancholy pop, progressive rock-style arrangements…

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