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    Dida Pelled Covers Blues Classics with Jazz Guitar and Soulful Vocals

    Dida Pelled – I Wish You Would (La Reserve, 2026) Brooklyn guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Dida Pelled will release I Wish You Would on May…

    Iliana Cabrera April 25, 2026 No Comments
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    Sky Smeed Turns The Rock House Into a Happy and Welcoming Home on New Live Album

    Sky Smeed – Live at the Rock House (2026) Sky Smeed has released his 10th album, Live at the Rock House, a live recording captured…

    Ryan Emmert April 24, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Guzheng Master Bei Bei Charms with Innovative Two Moons Album

    Bei Bei – Two Moons (Bei Bei Time Productions, 2026) Chinese guzheng star Bei Bei has a new album titled Two Moons, a 2026 collaborative…

    Angel Romero April 23, 2026 No Comments
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    Home Grown Finally Gets Its Moment After A COVID-19 Pause

    Matt Tighe and Tad Sargent – Home Grown (2025) Fiddler Matt Tighe and multi-instrumentalist Tad Sargent released Home Grown nearly five years after the project…

    Tyler Bennet April 22, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Songs Carried Across Salt Water: Memory, Exile, And The Quiet Force Of Displaced Dreams

    Michalis Kouloumis — Displaced Dreams (Seyir Muzik, 2025) In Displaced Dreams, Michalis Kouloumis articulates exile as a lived, trembling presence. The album is a precious…

    Tyler Bennet April 20, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Gnoss - Photo by Elly Lucas. Band photo.
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    Gnoss Share Lively New Single “Emily”

    World Music Central News Room April 25, 2026 No Comments
  • Staran black and wgite band photo
    Music videos

    Staran Join Forces With Julie Fowlis on New Single “Duan Callaig”

    World Music Central News Room April 23, 2026 No Comments
  • Fatoumata Diawara — Photo by Marcello Perego. Fatoumaa wearing a blue dress and a traditonal red headdress.
    Music videos

    Fatoumata Diawara Celebrates Freedom on New Single, “Fala”

    World Music Central News Room April 22, 2026 No Comments
  • Backline Reaping the Blues cover artwork. A photo of an old 20th century tractor in a farm field.
    Music videos

    Backline Unveils New Single “Reaping the Blues”

    World Music Central News Room April 20, 2026 No Comments
  • Deanie Richardson & Kimber Ludiker Rutlands Reel cover artwork. A wooden deck and an out of focus reddish background.
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    Deanie Richardson And Kimber Ludiker Honor Howdy Forrester On “Rutland’s Reel”

    World Music Central News Room April 19, 2026 No Comments
  • Blanca Paloma - Sentaita en la escalera (Portada) cover artwork. Blanca appears as a very small woman wearing a blue outfit sitting on a giant human hand.
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    Blanca Paloma Previews Debut Album With Sentaíta en la escalera

    World Music Central News Room April 18, 2026 No Comments

New Releases

Reggae Icon Cocoa Tea Releases Follow Up To International Hit, “Barack Obama”

World Music Central News Room September 25, 2008 No Comments

Miami (Florida), USA – Zojak World Wide announced that just a few months after recording the international hit, “Barack Obama”, Jamaican roots reggae star Cocoa…

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Album reviews

Smoky Coplas

Angel Romero September 25, 2008 No Comments

Buika Niña de Fuego (DRO/Atlantic/Warner Music Latina, 2008) Afro-Spanish singer Concha Buika has attracted the attention of music fans and critics alike. Even though her…

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Events

William Kennedy Piping Festival 2008 Program Revealed

World Music Central News Room September 24, 2008 No Comments

The 15th William Kennedy Piping Festival will be held 13 – 16 November 2008 in Armagh, in Northern Ireland. The festival features some of the…

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Events

Babá Ken Okulolo & Kotoja at Ashkenaz

World Music Central News Room September 24, 2008 No Comments

Nigerian Babá Ken Okulolo & Kotoja will perform Saturday, September 27 at  Ashkenaz Music in Berkeley, California. One of San Francisco Bay Area’s leaders in…

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Zimbabwean Vocalist Chiwoniso at Ashkenaz

World Music Central News Room September 24, 2008 No Comments

Following the release earlier this month of her explosive new CD, “Rebel Woman,” Zimbabwean singer Chiwoniso makes her Ashkenaz debut Friday, September 26, leading eight-member…

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Album reviews

Waltzing Fiddles

Angel Romero September 24, 2008 No Comments

Annbjorg Lien – Waltz with Me

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Events

 Italian Star Carmen Consoli Returns to Chicago for One-Woman Show

World Music Central News Room September 23, 2008 No Comments

HotHouse will host Italy’s top female singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli September 28, 2008. Under the HotHouse Presents banner, Consoli will perform 2 sets at the upstairs…

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Events

UK Reggae Star Lloyd Brown with 7th Street Sound Will Perform at Ashkenaz in Berkeley

World Music Central News Room September 23, 2008 No Comments

On a busy 2008 tour that includes Europe and Africa as well as the United States, UK reggae singing star Lloyd Brown will perform at…

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Obituaries

Blues Singer Nappy Brown Dies in Charlotte at 78

World Music Central News Room September 23, 2008 No Comments

Renowned blues singer Nappy Brown died Saturday night at 10:30 pm after a lengthy hospitalization. He was 78. The funeral service will be held September…

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General News

Cambodian Global Surf Band Dengue Fever Will Make British Television Debut on Later with Jools Holland

World Music Central News Room September 22, 2008 No Comments

Dengue Fever, the Cambodian surf rock and world beat band from Los Angeles who played more than 30 festival and club dates in Europe this…

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