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    Mirarab’s Persian-Rooted Music Open Up a World of Intimate and sensitive stories

    Mahan Mirarab — Unspoken (ACT Music, 2026) Vienna-based guitarist Mahan Mirarab’s Unspoken is a Persian flavored, solo-focused album that presents an intimate set influenced by…

    Madison Quinn April 26, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    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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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

Concert reviews

The Veena Festival

World Music Central News Room May 5, 2007

Author: Ms Manjari Sinha; New Delhi, India Spread over a period of four days and held at the conference hall of ‘Indira Gandhi National Centre…

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Gonsalves Mansion gets a taste of world class jazz (Jazz in Goa-Jazz in India)

armandogonsalves May 5, 2007

The Heritage Jazz Yatra that was held on Sunday 23 January was a runaway success what with over four hundred people a thronging the leafy…

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Events

WOMAD Charlton Park UK in July 2007

World Music Central News Room May 5, 2007 WOMAD Charlton Park

There are new confirmations this week for WOMAD Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, UK, to be held 27-29 of July 2007. The artists added to the…

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General News

WOMAD Launches WOMADstories.com

World Music Central News Room May 5, 2007

UK – To help mark the 25th anniversary of it first event in Shepton Mallet, WOMAD is launching  WOMADstories.com, a new website. WOMADstories.com hopes to…

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New Books

‘Tito Puente: When the Drums Are Dreaming’: New Biography of the King of Latin Percussion

World Music Central News Room May 5, 2007 Tito Puente

West Hollywood (California), USA – Tito Puente: When the Drums Are Dreaming (AuthorHouse) is the life story of Ernesto Ernesto “Tito’ Puente, the legendary Latin…

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General News

DubaiLime to partner with radio 92 to provide Dubai original music.

admin May 5, 2007

Dubai Lime today announced that it will partner with Radio 92 the leading English language radio station in Dubai to run a weekly Dubai based…

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New Films

Haitian Erol Josué Talks About His New Electro Vodou CD

World Music Central News Room May 5, 2007

New york (NY), USA – Erol Josué’s debut album, Régléman, on Mi5 Recordings (Caroline Distribution/ EMI Music), is a musical mirror of the vodou ceremonies…

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General News

Trivia in Honor of Artists in Number 1’s CD Collections

admin May 4, 2007

Norwalk (Connecticut), USA – This summer of phenomenal release for Number 1’s CD Collections, WikiMusicGuide comes up with a tribute to the artists whose songs…

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Album reviews

Kidjo and Co.

Tom Orr May 4, 2007

Angelique Kidjo Djin Djin (Razor and Tie/Starbucks Entertainment 7930182967-2, 2007) Albums featuring an array of guest stars are certainly nothing new in mainstream pop music,…

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New Releases

The Rough Guide To African Blues

World Music Central News Room May 4, 2007 African bluesblues

San Francisco (California), USA – Nowadays it is almost universally accepted that the DNA of the blues can be traced back to Africa. Featuring significant…

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  • Dida Pelled Covers Blues Classics with Jazz Guitar and Soulful Vocals
  • Gnoss Share Lively New Single “Emily”
  • Sky Smeed Turns The Rock House Into a Happy and Welcoming Home on New Live Album
  • 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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