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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.
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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

Fania Records Releases Remix Album Featuring Latin Music Legends and Contemporary Remix Masters

World Music Central News Room August 14, 2008 No Comments

Fania Records has released the first remix collection “I Like It Like That” pairing up the hottest dance scene remixers with legendary tracks by Fania…

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Events

Burning Spear at the Fillmore New York in August 2008

Angel Romero August 13, 2008 No Comments

On August 31st, Burning Spear returns to New York for his first show in 2 years, celebrating the release of his new album Jah Is…

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New Releases

Skatalites DVD – Live at Lokerse Feesten 1997 & 2002

World Music Central News Room August 12, 2008 No Comments

The World’s most influential reggae group, The Skatalites have been producing music of the finest caliber for over forty years, either as a group or…

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Events

Sudanese Multi-instrumentalist Wafir with Nilo Azul in Mostoles (Madrid)

World Music Central News Room August 12, 2008 No Comments

Madrid-based Sudanese musician Wafir will be performing in Móstoles (Madrid) at Lake stage at Finca Liana Park on Sunday, August 17th at 21:30h (9:30 pm).…

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Events

Umalali: The Garifuna Womens’ Project at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle

World Music Central News Room August 12, 2008 No Comments

The Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents September 3, 2008 for one night only, Umalali: The Garifuna Women’s Project. Band members are Chichiman…

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Tour Announcements

Bluegrass Supergroup Blue Highway on Tour in Support of New CD Through the Window of a Train

World Music Central News Room August 12, 2008 No Comments

Contemporary bluegrass band Blue Highway is heading out on a string of tour dates in support of their February release, Through the Window of a…

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Obituaries

Palestinian Poet and Musical Muse Dies

World Music Central News Room August 11, 2008 No Comments

Influential poet and cultural voice of the Palestinian people, Mahmoud Darwish passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2008 in a Houston, Texas hospital from complications…

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Album reviews

A Woman of Substance

TJ Nelson August 11, 2008 No Comments

Lila Downs Shake Away (Manhattan Records/EMI, 2008) It’s clear from the opening track of Shake Away that Lila Downs is no shy, polite songbird. This…

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Obituaries

Frame Drum Community Mourns Death of Gianluca Baldo

World Music Central News Room August 11, 2008 No Comments

Italian frame drum maestro Gianluca Baldo died Saturday, August 9. He was 47. Baldo was a frame drum specialist, a painter and also the organizer…

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New Releases

Introducing Miami’s Spam Allstars

World Music Central News Room August 11, 2008 No Comments

Spam Allstars new CD, Introducing Spam Allstars, will be released 26 August 2008 on the Introducing / World Music Network label. Spam Allstars are Miami’s…

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  • 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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