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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…

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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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  • Album reviews

    Lovely Bengali–Mexican Folk Fusion: Donde La Tierra Canta

    Koyel Basu – Donde La Tierra Canta | যেখানে মাটি গান গায় (Where The Earth Sings) (2026) British-Bengali independent artist Koyel Basu has recently released…

    Iliana Cabrera April 19, 2026 No Comments
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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…

    Angel Romero April 17, 2026 No Comments
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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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Featured News

  • 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
  • Bryan Sutton and Kenny Smith - Three Star Hornpipe cover artwork. A sand colored image of leafless tree branches.
    Music videos

    Bryan Sutton and Kenny Smith Reimagine “Three Star Hornpipe”

    World Music Central News Room April 17, 2026 No Comments
  • Purbayan Chatterjee & Mark Lettieri Soar cover artwork. An illustration of bird feathers.
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    Purbayan Chatterjee and Mark Lettieri Collaborate on New Single “Soar”

    World Music Central News Room April 16, 2026 No Comments

Events

The Singing Tree and North American Acts on Tuesday January 29 at Celtic Connections 2008

Angel Romero January 28, 2008

An impressive collective of musicians called The Singing Tree will perform Tuesday January 29 at Celtic Connections 2008.  The Singing Tree was conceived and devised…

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New Films

Zoë Conway has recently released her first DVD ‘Zoë Conway Live’

World Music Central News Room January 28, 2008

Ireland – Zoe Conway who is widely recognized as one of Ireland’s most gifted young fiddle players has recently released her first DVD ‘Zoë Conway…

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New Releases

AIT Records Releases The Ethiopian Millennium Collection, a Six-CD World Music Compilation

World Music Central News Room January 28, 2008

Alameda (California), USA – AIT Records, a world music independent label representing Ethiopian contemporary and traditional music and artists, announces the availability of its newest…

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Donnie Munro, Dick Gaughan’s 60th Birthday and Waltz With Me on January 28 at Celtic Connections 2008

World Music Central News Room January 27, 2008

The program for  January 28 at Celtic Connections 2008 includes concerts by Donnie Munro with GiveWay. Dick Gaughan‘s 60th Birthday celebration and Waltz With Me…

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Loop Collections

PowerFX Releases Music Sample Collection World Loop Spice Rack

World Music Central News Room January 27, 2008

Stockholm, Sweden – PowerFX announced the release of World Loop Spice Rack, a sample title which includes 1,220 melodic and rhythmic loops and riffs of…

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New Releases

The Spirit of Sacred Pilgrimage, Captured in Celtic Music

World Music Central News Room January 27, 2008

On Celtic Pilgrimage, Irish harpist Áine Minogue uses instrumental music and rich lyrical poetry to capture the full emotional spectrum of a pilgrimage. From the…

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Events

Pipers, Bluegrass, Celtic Masters and Quebecois Music at Celtic Connections 2008 on January 27

World Music Central News Room January 26, 2008

The bagpipe becomes the focus on January 27 at Celtic Connections 2008. The Gordon Duncan Memorial Solo Piping Competition will take place at 1 pm.…

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General News

First Confirmed Acts for the 2008 Reggae Rising Music Festival

World Music Central News Room January 26, 2008

People Productions and the Dimmick Ranch announced the first confirmed acts for the 2008 Reggae Rising Music Festival, August 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, at the…

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Album reviews

Nigerian Gold Rediscovered

Tom Orr January 26, 2008

Tony Allen – Afro Disco Beat (Vampisoul VAMPI 090 CD, 2007) Orlando Julius – Super Afro Soul (Vampisoul VAMPI 091 CD, 2007) My love for…

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Album reviews

Tibetan and Navajo-Ute Stillness

Angel Romero January 26, 2008 Tibetan music

R. Carlos Nakai & Nawang Khechog Winds of Devotion (Sounds True, 2007) Two of the best known flute players in the world music field, collaborate…

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  • Home Grown Finally Gets Its Moment After A COVID-19 Pause
  • Fatoumata Diawara Celebrates Freedom on New Single, “Fala”
  • Revival of the Ancient Greek Kithara: How a 2,000-Year-Old Instrument Entered God of War
  • Backline Unveils New Single “Reaping the Blues”
  • Songs Carried Across Salt Water: Memory, Exile, And The Quiet Force Of Displaced Dreams
  • Deanie Richardson And Kimber Ludiker Honor Howdy Forrester On “Rutland’s Reel”
  • “Música no Forte” Sets Summer 2026 Lineup in Lajes do Pico, Azores

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