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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

  • Owen Casey Easy Enough single artwork. A Compact Disc with images of two palms and song credits.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Jamaica Meets Irie-Land

    Tom Orr December 13, 2025 No Comments
  • Matt B standing in the middle of a rural path.
    Music videos

    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.”
    Music videos

    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

Events

Reggae In The Desert 2011 in Las Vegas

World Music Central News Room June 1, 2011 No Comments

Reggae In The Desert 2001 is Las Vegas’ largest Reggae festival, showcasing both the unifying power of Reggae music & the Caribbean lifestyle. The festival…

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Events

UK Calypso Monarch Alexander D Great to perform in London

Angel Romero June 1, 2011 No Comments

WOM@TT presents Alexander D Great,& The Great Band, Kiki B, Vee Vee, The Soca Divettes and G String on June 4th at The Tabernacle, Powis…

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Album reviews

Beguiling Latin Jazz

Angel Romero May 31, 2011 No Comments

Steve Khan Parting Shot (Tone Center TC40702, 2011) Jazz guitarist Steve Khan has always had great interest in Latin jazz and he finally decided to…

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New CDs

Scottish Collective Das Contras to release Album in June 2011

World Music Central News Room May 30, 2011 No Comments

Das Contras are a Scottish collective born in The Kingdom of Fife and bred in Glasgow, comprising some of the country’s best professional musicians. They…

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Events

First Roots to Reggae Music Festival in Massachusetts

Angel Romero May 29, 2011 No Comments

Bull McCabe’s Pub in Somerville (Massachusetts) will be hosting its first annual “Roots to Reggae” Outdoor Music Festival on June 11th, 2011 from 3:00 PM…

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New CDs

Austrian World Music Band Hotel Palindrone to Release Jodulator 3000

World Music Central News Room May 29, 2011 No Comments

In a few days time Austrian band Hotel Palindrone is set to present its 4th album titled Jodulator 3000 (Pocket Sized Sun Records). The album…

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Album reviews

Veena Elegance

TJ Nelson May 29, 2011 No Comments

Nirmala Rajasekar Into the Raga (Innova Recordings, 2011) Riding the elegance that belongs to the veena, the plucked, stringed instrument of the lute family found…

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General News

Kong Audio Launches New Line of Software with Samples of Chinese Musical Instruments

World Music Central News Room May 28, 2011 No Comments

Kong Audio unveiled the latest fruition of the much lauded Chinese instruments product line: Chinee Series QIN Edition. Starting out as a sample content developer…

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Tour Announcements

Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance to Begin North American Tour Next Week

World Music Central News Room May 28, 2011 No Comments

Dead Can Dance founder Brendan Perry will kick off a North American co-headline tour with Robin Guthrie on May 30th in Washington, DC. In addition…

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Events

Environmental festival Clearwater Announces Final Line-up for 2011

World Music Central News Room May 28, 2011 No Comments

Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival (Clearwater Festival), the United State’s oldest music and environmental festival, takes place June 18 and 19 at Croton Point Park…

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