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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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    Roger Glenn Returns With My Latin Heart with Vibes, Flute, And Fire

    Roger Glenn – My Latin Heart (Patois Records, 2025) Veteran multi-instrumentalist and composer Roger Glenn released My Latin Heart in 2025, his first new album…

    Iliana Cabrera December 15, 2025 No Comments
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    Salt House Gently Glow On Scarrow, Their New Folk Beacon

    Salt House – Scarrow (Hudson Records, 2025) The outstanding English folk trio Salt House return in 2025 with Scarrow, their fifth studio album for Hudson…

    Angel Romero December 14, 2025 No Comments
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    Kings of Congolese Rumba Zaïko Langa Langa Unveil New EP, Makinu

    Zaïko Langa Langa – Makinu (2025) Zaïko Langa Langa, a true legend of African music, celebrates fifty years of their career with their new maxi…

    Tyler Bennet December 14, 2025 No Comments
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  • A lone bison strides across an open road at dusk, its dark silhouette set against a wide, amber-toned sky and distant plains. The title Saving Grace and the artist’s name appear above.
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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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    Music videos Single reviews

    Effervescent Reggae

    Tom Orr December 16, 2025 No Comments
  • A dark screen with scan lines and digital noise. Glowing blue-yellow text reads “Gregory Isaacs” at the top and “Love Without Intermission” in italicized lettering at center, with playback symbols and a zeroed timecode.
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    Cool Ruler Meets Keyboard King On ‘Love Without Intermission’

    World Music Central News Room December 15, 2025 No Comments
  • Owen Casey Easy Enough single artwork. A Compact Disc with images of two palms and song credits.
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    Jamaica Meets Irie-Land

    Tom Orr December 13, 2025 No Comments
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    Matt B’s Remarkable Intercontinental collaboration on New Single “They Know”

    World Music Central News Room December 12, 2025 No Comments

Events

Havana’s International Drum Festival 10 years sounding drums

World Music Central News Room March 2, 2011 No Comments

Havana’s International Drum Festival Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam will celebrate its 10th edition on March 8-13 with the best of Cuban and foreign percussion players.…

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Loudon Wainwright III Releases Career-spanning Boxet Set

World Music Central News Room March 2, 2011 No Comments

The boxed set 40 Odd Years celebrates the exceptionally prolific and storied career of Loudon Wainwright III. The career-spanning 4-CD/1-DVD collection will be available May…

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WOMEX 2011 Announces Showcase Jury Members

World Music Central News Room March 2, 2011 No Comments

Every year world music conference WOMEX invites a Jury made up of well-respected members of the world music community. The Jury members – also known…

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Tour Announcements

Portuguese Global Fusionistas Mu Touring Spain

World Music Central News Room March 1, 2011 No Comments

Portuguese world music band Mu will be touring Spain in April 2001. The band from Oporto combines traditional Portuguese music with global sounds and musical…

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Album reviews

Eclectic Blends of Asian Global Electronica

Angel Romero February 28, 2011 No Comments

Tarun Nayar 22º of Beatitude Tarun Nayar has been making musical hybrids as part of the critically acclaimed Delhi 2 Dublin. His solo effort shows…

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Events

Twisted Cumbia Night at London’s La Linea 2011 Festival

World Music Central News Room February 28, 2011 1 Comment

Sunday, April 17th, will be a special La Linea sampler night of artists playing with the unstoppable, loping Colombian cumbia beat that is popular with…

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Sufi Sensation Sanam Marvi to perform at du World Music Festival

World Music Central News Room February 27, 2011 No Comments

Sanam Marvi is an outstanding Pakistani folk and Sufi singer and at her young age she is considered among the finest performers in the Sufi,…

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Events

New Festival in Dubai, du World Music Festival 2011

World Music Central News Room February 27, 2011 No Comments

The du World Music Festival 2011 is a new world music festival taking place in Dubai. The line-up includes local and international musicians. Artist Line…

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New CDs

The Rough Guide To African Guitar Legends

World Music Central News Room February 27, 2011 No Comments

The Rough Guide To African Guitar Legends (RGNET1259CD) presents a range of dynamic finger-picking legends. Renowned Malian guitarists Djelimady Tounkara and Ali Farka Touré, whose…

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Tour Announcements

Modern Klezmer Band From Poland KlezmaFour Embarks on North American Tour

World Music Central News Room February 27, 2011 2 Comments

After competing against 24 Klezmer bands from 12 countries, the group KlezmaFour from Poland won two awards at the International Klezmer Music Competition in Amsterdam…

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