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    Moussa T Offers Modern Tuareg Desert Blues on Tartite

    Moussa T — Tartite (Mixto Records, 2026) With Tartite, rising Tuareg musician Moussa T delivers familiar desert blues closely associated with Tuareg music. At the…

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  • Album reviews

    Rafael Carvalho Introduces the viola da terra on A Teia Da Viola

    Rafael Carvalho – A Teia da Viola (self-release, 2025) Rafael Carvalho’s A Teia Da Viola is a delightful 10-track self-released album that celebrates the beautiful…

    Iliana Cabrera April 14, 2026 No Comments
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    The Spirited Mountain Music of The Burnett Sisters Band

    The Burnett Sisters Band — Easy Come, Easy Go (Pinecastle Records, 2026) On Easy Come, Easy Go, the Burnett Sisters Band introduces itself with charming…

    Madison Quinn April 12, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Prabir And The Endless: Dazzling Mix of Eastern Ragas and Western Guitar

    Prabir Mehta — Prabir Aur Antaheen (self-release, 2026) Prabir Aur Antaheen presents a set of everlasting compositions rooted in ancient Indian raags (ragas), arranged for…

    Angel Romero April 10, 2026 No Comments
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    Sam Bergquist Finds the Sweet Spot Between Satire and Soul on Devils & Doves

    Sam Bergquist — Devils & Doves (self-released, 2026) Sam Bergquist’s 2026 album Devils & Doves charts the tension between hope and doubt, humor and heartache,…

    Ryan Emmert April 9, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Purbayan Chatterjee & Mark Lettieri Soar cover artwork. An illustration of bird feathers.
    Music videos

    Purbayan Chatterjee and Mark Lettieri Collaborate on New Single “Soar”

    World Music Central News Room April 16, 2026 No Comments
  • Moyses Dos Dantos — Photo by Brian Cross. Moyses leaning against a building wall wearing a black hat.
    Music videos

    Moyses Dos Santos Releases Lead Single “Boa Viagem”

    World Music Central News Room April 15, 2026 No Comments
  • Lonesome River Band Pretty Little Widow cover artwork. A black and white photo of a brush brushing a show. The texts are in ink.
    Music videos

    Bluegrass Outfit Lonesome River Band Revives a Stringbean Rarity

    World Music Central News Room April 14, 2026 No Comments
  • Tamikrest, black and white photo
    Music videos

    Tamikrest Keep The Tuareg Connection Live With “Imanin”

    World Music Central News Room April 13, 2026 No Comments
  • Dallas String Quartet. Studio portrait of the quartet wearing formal clothes. Two men n black suits and two women in black dresses.
    Music videos

    Dallas String Quartet Puts Romani History Front And Center

    World Music Central News Room April 12, 2026 No Comments
  • Alison Brown & Steve Martin - Safe, Sensible and Sane cover artwork. A photo of the two artists holding banjos
    Music videos

    Old Hen, New Spin: Steve Martin and Alison Brown Hatch Video With Della Mae

    World Music Central News Room April 11, 2026 No Comments

New Releases

Capleton’s I-Ternal Fire

World Music Central News Room July 4, 2010 No Comments

On July 6 VP Records releases I-Ternal Fire, the newest album from the “King of Fire” Capleton. The legend and career of Clifton Bailey a.k.a.…

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Events

The Winnipeg Folk Festival 2010 Launches with Free Public Concert

World Music Central News Room July 3, 2010 No Comments

The 37th Winnipeg Folk Festival kicks off next week, with more than 80 acts ready to be discovered over five days at Birds Hill Provincial…

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New Releases

Michèle Choinière Gives New Voice to Long-Lost Franco-American Songs on La Violette

World Music Central News Room July 3, 2010 No Comments

  Michèle Choinière, who lives in the northwestern Vermont woods, along the borderlands between the United States of America and Canada, continues a once thriving…

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General News

Vieux Farka Toure Signs to Modiba Management

World Music Central News Room July 3, 2010 No Comments

Fresh off the World Cup Opening Ceremony stage, Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Toure  is the first artist to be signed to Modiba’s new management division.…

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Events

Leonard Jacome y sus Cuerdas Bajo Presion to perform in Chicago

World Music Central News Room July 3, 2010 No Comments

Leonard Jacome y sus Cuerdas Bajo Presion will perform Wednesday, July 7 at 8:30pm at Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall at the Old Town…

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Album reviews

Hancock’s World

Angel Romero July 3, 2010 No Comments

Herbie Hancock The Imagine Project (Hancock Records, 2010) For the Imagine Project, legendary jazz keyboardist has assembled quite a collection of international stars, including rock,…

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Album reviews

The Real Ravi Shankar

TJ Nelson July 2, 2010 No Comments

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar – Nine Decades Vol. 1 167-1968 (East Meets West Music, 2010) Okay, if you were Ravi Shankar and you, family and…

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Obituaries

Renowned Swedish World Music Producer and Musicologist Sten Sandahl Dies at 69

World Music Central News Room July 2, 2010 1 Comment

  Hans Hjorth, of Sweden’s Fear Music world music agency, announced the death of producer, musicologist and Swedish music promoter Sten Sandahl. “In the early…

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Interviews

World Music Profiles: Hilde Bjørkum, Director of the Førde Folk Music Festival

World Music Central News Room June 30, 2010 No Comments

The Førde Folk Music Festival will be held next week, July 8-11 in Norway. Førde is one of the leading world music festivals in Europe…

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New Releases

King Khan: Songs From the Films of Shahrukh Khan Now Available

World Music Central News Room June 30, 2010 No Comments

Times Square Records has released King Khan: Songs From the Films of Shahrukh Khan. This CD contains a carefully selected collection of songs from his…

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