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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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  • Album reviews

    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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  • Album reviews

    Shane Shanahan’s Audacity (Live) Rallies An All-Star Ensemble

    Shane Shanahan – Audacity (Live) (Bright Shiny Things, 2025) Percussionist Shane Shanahan released Audacity (Live), a project that highlights his cross-cultural collaboration. These stem from…

    Madison Quinn December 6, 2025 No Comments
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    Djékady’s Innovative ‘Benkan’ Intersects Malian Heritage and American Roots

    Djékady – Benkan (Bright Shiny Things, 2025) Benkan introduces Djékady, a superb six-piece ensemble co-led by Malian balafon maestro and singer Balla Kouyaté and American…

    Angel Romero December 5, 2025 No Comments
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    From Ballparks To “Love Shack”: Antonio Andrade Drops Here We Go!

    Antonio Andrade – Here We Go! (Life Shakes Records, 2025) Antonio Andrade’s, Here We Go!, presents a covers collection developed during the shutdown months of…

    Ryan Emmert December 4, 2025 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Periscopi Invertit Sa Ximbomba cover artwork. an illustration of a friction drum: a ximbomba or zambomba.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Mediterranean Update

    Tom Orr December 8, 2025 No Comments
  • Tuuletar - Heponi mun (Mój koń nieborak) single artwork. A rain-soaked, high-energy scene shows Tuuletar's four women in bright outdoor gear laughing and flinging water as they sit on a bench in the dark. Each holds a rope or playful prop.
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    Tuuletar feat. Joanna Słowińska Reveals Heponi mun (Mój koń nieborak) Single

    World Music Central News Room December 7, 2025 No Comments
  • The cover presents a steam locomotive enveloped in thick haze at a station platform, where a silhouetted rail worker stands near the engine. The scene leans on sepia tones. Blocky lettering spells out “Ashby Frank” above the larger title Mr. Engineer.
    Music videos

    Ashby Frank Rolls Out A Bluesy Waltz: “Mr. Engineer” Gets A Fresh Trackside Stop

    World Music Central News Room December 5, 2025 No Comments
  • Dark spheres envelop Carolyn-Trowbridge. she holds bright pink mallets that cross in her hands.
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    Carolyn Trowbridge Unveils Hypnotic “Duchess Of Sheba”

    World Music Central News Room December 4, 2025 No Comments
  • A weathered man in a wide straw hat sits against a sun-bleached green wall while sipping coffee from a white cup. The title Latin Café 2.0 and the artist name “Malamañoso” appear in stylized lettering on the left.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Tasty Menu

    Tom Orr December 3, 2025 No Comments
  • Isla stands outdoors, smiling, before golden autumn foliage, holding a violin at her waist. Her light blouse contrasts with the leaves behind her. The name “Isla Ratcliff” appears in the upper corner, and the handwritten title Autumn Leaves (Autumn I) sits beneath the Polaroid-style frame.
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    Fiddle Meets Vivaldi In Isla Ratcliff’s Playful Autumn Leaves

    World Music Central News Room December 2, 2025 No Comments

New CDs

Iraqi Oud Master Rahim AlHaj Talks About his New Album Titled Little Earth

World Music Central News Room August 29, 2010 1 Comment

In the dry mountains of New Mexico (United States of America), Iraqi oud (lute) master Rahim AlHaj raises homing pigeons. Persecuted for a single potent…

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Tour Announcements

Rupa & the April Fishes Announce 2010 Fall Tour

World Music Central News Room August 28, 2010 No Comments

World music sensation Rupa & the April Fishes will be hitting the road in the fall of 2010. Rupa & the April Fishes had been…

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Renowned Piper Xosé Manuel Budiño Releases CD & DVD Set Titled Volta

World Music Central News Room August 28, 2010 No Comments

Volta, Xosé Manuel Budiño´s new album, is a roundtrip documentary, a ‘road movie’ of sorts, covering four continents, ending with a live concert at the…

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New Films

New Video from Jah Sun’s single ‘Ganjah Don’

World Music Central News Room August 27, 2010 No Comments

Reggae artist Jah Sun has a new video titled “Ganjah Don”. The video is a single from the new album, Battle of the Dragon, coming…

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New CDs

M.O.D. Technologies To Release Albums by Method of Defiance

World Music Central News Room August 27, 2010 No Comments

Method of Defiance will release three albums in the next months. First, the immediately accessible Jahbulon (October 5th) featuring ten songs with vocalists Dr. Israel…

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Events

Umeya at Festival Frigiliana Tres Culturas on Friday, 27th of August 2010

World Music Central News Room August 26, 2010 No Comments

Umeya will be at the prestigious Festival Frigliana Tres Culturas, in that fantastic enclave, in the Axarquía region of Malaga province, that was one of…

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Basin Street Records Signs the Iconic Rebirth Brass Band

World Music Central News Room August 26, 2010 No Comments

On this 5th anniversary week, as we remember the devastation and flooding that occurred after Hurricane Katrina due to poorly built levees, Basin Street Records…

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Events

Balkan Brass Band Brass Menazeri at Ashkenaz in Berkeley

World Music Central News Room August 26, 2010 No Comments

Brass Menazeri will be performing tomorrow, Friday, August 27, at world music club Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center. Brass Menazeri is the Bay Area’s…

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Events

New York World Festival 2010 – Music Around the Black Sea

World Music Central News Room August 26, 2010 No Comments

Music Around the Black Sea, the fourth edition of the New York World Festival, focuses on the diverse traditions of the dynamic Black Sea region,…

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Album reviews

Fiery Mezcla

Angel Romero August 25, 2010 No Comments

Pablo Menendez & Mezcla I’ll See You in Cuba (Zoho ZM201001, 2010) Mezcla, one of the leading Cuban contemporary jazz bands is back with an…

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