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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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  • Album reviews

    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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  • Album reviews

    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.
    Music videos

    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.
    Music videos

    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.
    Music videos

    Blanca Paloma Previews Debut Album With Sentaíta en la escalera

    World Music Central News Room April 18, 2026 No Comments

General News

Buika’s Miami Concert Postponed Due to Visa Issues

World Music Central News Room September 4, 2008 No Comments

World music presenter Rhythm Foundation announced today that the upcoming concert featuring Buika, September 9 at Gusman Theater, Downtown Miami, is postponed. Some members of…

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Album reviews

Cape Crusaders

Tom Orr September 3, 2008 No Comments

Mayra Andrade – Navega (Sony BMG 886971005642, 2007) Tcheka – Lonji (Times Square/Four Quarters Entertainment FQT-CD-1809, 2008) How can a country like Cape Verde- a…

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Tour Announcements

English Folk Sensation Rachel Unthank & The Winterset Will Tour North America in September 2008

World Music Central News Room September 2, 2008 No Comments

Rachel Unthank & The Winterset will head to the United States this September for their debut American tour. The critically-acclaimed English female quartet features sisters…

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Tour Announcements

Nomad Blues Act Etran Finatawa Returns to United States for September and October 2008 Dates

World Music Central News Room September 2, 2008 No Comments

Nigerien sensation Etran Finatawa returns to the US for the third time this year. Etran Finatawa. They are six Tuareg and Wodaabe musicians now based…

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Loop Collections

Wolsfraektroes Music Releases Beetz n Bobz and Insanity FX Sample Packs

World Music Central News Room September 2, 2008 No Comments

European company Wolsfraektroes Music has released Beetz n Bobz Shock Out, a set of "in your face" drum & bass sounds ready for dancefloor productions.…

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General News

KoSA’s Global Percussion and Drum Workshops Shake Up Vermont’s Green Mountains

World Music Central News Room September 2, 2008 No Comments

For the thirteenth year now, the serene countryside of Vermont roared to life with the thunderous sounds of drums and percussion in the little village…

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New Books

New Flamenco Sheet Music Books by Mario Escudero and Juan Lorenzo

World Music Central News Room September 2, 2008 No Comments

Ventilador Music has published two new books (with CD) with sheet music by the legendary Flamenco guitarist Mario Escudero and contemporary guitarist Juan Lorenzo. Mario…

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Awards

Te Vaka Wins Australian Songwriting Association Award

World Music Central News Room September 2, 2008 No Comments

  The song “Tamahana”, written by Te Vaka‘s Opetaia Foai and Malcolm Smith has won the ” International” category in the 28th Australian Songwriting Association…

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Book Reviews

Peter Cox’s Set into Song

Jill Turner September 1, 2008 No Comments

Take a communist playwright, actor, singer, and songwriter and introduce him to a young American musician and singer half his age. They fall in love.…

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New Films

From Mambo to Hip Hop: A Bronx Tale DVD

World Music Central News Room August 31, 2008 No Comments

From Mambo to Hip Hop: A Bronx Tale is an hour-long documentary that tells a story about the creative life of the South Bronx, beginning…

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  • Flamenco Christmas Jerez-Style to Return to Madrid in 2026
  • Staran Join Forces With Julie Fowlis on New Single “Duan Callaig”
  • Edinburgh Tradfest to Celebrate the traditional music of Scotland in May 2026
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