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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…

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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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Featured News

  • 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.
    Music videos

    Robert Plant Drops New Everybody’s Song Video With Saving Grace

    World Music Central News Room December 18, 2025 No Comments
  • A black field frames gold typography, with the artist name centered above and the album title below. A single luminous gold line ripples across the middle, glowing softly at its center.
    Music videos

    Persian Setar, Ambient Drama: Danial HM Teases New Single “Breath Of Eternity”

    World Music Central News Room December 17, 2025 No Comments
  • Winston McAnuff bubble cover artwork. A colorful cover with blue and orange bubbles.
    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.
    Music videos

    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.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Jamaica Meets Irie-Land

    Tom Orr December 13, 2025 No Comments
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    Music videos

    Matt B’s Remarkable Intercontinental collaboration on New Single “They Know”

    World Music Central News Room December 12, 2025 No Comments

Events

Clearwater Announces Final Line-up and Stage Schedules for the 2010 Great Hudson River Revival

World Music Central News Room May 30, 2010 No Comments

Clearwater has finalized the line-up for the 2010 Great Hudson River Revival, which will take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20 at…

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Events

Pablo “Mezcla” Menéndez & Mezcla to Perform in Seattle Direct from Havana

World Music Central News Room May 29, 2010 No Comments

The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley will present the Afro Cuban band Mezcla for two nights, June 1 – 2, 2010. The group…

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Album reviews

Newfound Intimacy

Angel Romero May 28, 2010 No Comments

Avishai Cohen Aurora (EMI, 2010) Most music fans know Avishai Cohen as a top jazz bassist. His latest album, Aurora, however, is full of twists…

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Events

Afro-Latin Reggae Nomadic Band Sarazino Will Tour North America in Summer of 2010

World Music Central News Room May 28, 2010 No Comments

Currently based in the high Andean mountains of Quito (Ecuador), Sarazino is the brainchild of Lamine Fellah, a musician, songwriter and producer whose nomadic life…

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Articles

Bruce Molsky & Ale Moller Show Review

slb2 May 28, 2010 No Comments

If you’ve ever heard old-time music–not oldie music by the Splatter Sisters–but old Appalachian music, you probably came away from the experience forever marked. That…

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Album reviews

Genuine Humor and Poetry

TJ Nelson May 27, 2010 No Comments

Richard Julian Girls Need Attention (Compass Records, 2010) Confident and clever, slick and slyly savvy, Richard Julian’s Girls Need Attention is everything that you could…

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Album reviews

Fado Grace

Angel Romero May 27, 2010 No Comments

Ana Moura Leva-me aos fados (Universal Music Portugal/World Village, 2009) Ana Moura is one of the great fado singers in the current Portuguese scene. On…

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Conferences

Folk Music from the Slovak Mountains: Lecture and Demonstration of the Fujara at American Folklife Center

World Music Central News Room May 26, 2010 No Comments

Musician Bob Rychlik will present “Folk Music from the Slovakian Mountains: Lecture/Demonstration of Fujara and Other Overtone Flutes” on Thursday, May 27, at Coolidge Auditorium, Ground…

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New Releases

Playing For Change Live CD/DVD to Be Released June 15th 2010

World Music Central News Room May 25, 2010 No Comments

For the next chapter of Playing For Change’s improbable journey, founder and architect Mark Johnson assembled a band with musicians from around the globe, many…

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New Releases

Soca Stars Brought together in Soca Gold 2010

World Music Central News Room May 25, 2010 No Comments

Soca music’s big guns come together for Soca Gold 2010. Soca Gold contains the top hits, with storming rhythms and banging beats of the Caribbean…

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