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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…

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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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    Got It Together

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    Love In Bloom – Double Tiger Grows New “Love Garden” Single

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    Effervescent Reggae

    Tom Orr December 16, 2025 No Comments
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Canadian Sensation Dala Captured Live

Angel Romero August 3, 2011 No Comments

Dala Girls From The North Country, Live in Concert (Compass, 2011) Dala has becopme one of the hottest acts in the North American folk pop…

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Awards

Ray Santos Receives The Latin Recording Academy’s 2011 Trustees Award

World Music Central News Room August 3, 2011 No Comments

Mambo innovator Ray Santos has received The Latin Recording Academy’s 2011 Trustees Award. Heralded as “El Maestro” of the mambo sound, Ray Santos has performed,…

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Hard-edged Blues Dream

TJ Nelson August 2, 2011 No Comments

Moreland & Arbuckle Just a Dream (Telarc International, 2011) Grab keys, your sunglasses and forget the map because guitarist Aaron Moreland and vocalist/harpist Dustin Arbuckle…

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Brazilian Sensation Luísa Maita to Begin North American Tour in August 2011

World Music Central News Room August 2, 2011 No Comments

Brazilian singer Luísa Maita, is set to launch a coast to coast North American tour starting beginning August 14th. Luísa Maita recently awarded as the…

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Cometh The Hour…Oud Maestro Joseph Tawadros Waxes Lyrical About His World-Jazz Album

Tony Hillier August 1, 2011 No Comments

A glaring anomaly concerning the annual ARIA Awards — the Australian equivalent of the Grammy Awards — is that Joseph Tawadros, one of the country’s…

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The Yuval Ron Ensemble Live at the World Festival of Sacred Music

TJ Nelson August 1, 2011 2 Comments Yuval Ron

Yuval Ron Ensemble Seeker of Truth: The Yuval Ron Ensemble Live at the World Festival of Sacred Music (Yuval Ron Music, 2011) Recorded live at…

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Sierra Maestra to Perform at University of Wisconsin-Madison World Stage Series 2011

World Music Central News Room August 1, 2011 No Comments

Legendary Cuban band Sierra Maestra is scheduled to perform on Friday, March 23, 8pm at the Great Hall Dance Party on Friday, March 23, 2012,…

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Awards

Afro-Uruguayan innovator Ruben Rada Receives 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from The Latin Recording Academy

World Music Central News Room August 1, 2011 No Comments

Afro-Uruguayan percussionist, composer and singer Ruben Rada is one of the recipients of the The Latin Recording Academy’s 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award. Ruben Rada, also…

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Sambossica 3, the New Samba

Angel Romero July 31, 2011 No Comments

Various Artists Brazil: Sambossica 3 (Afrobaile, 2011) Just in time for the summer, we have a collection titled Brazil: Sambossica 3, a new compilation of…

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Life Revealed

Tom Orr July 31, 2011 No Comments

Stephen Marley Revelation Pt. 1 The Root of Life (Tuff Gong / Universal Republic, 2011) There’s no denying that the recorded works of Bob Marley’s…

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