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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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    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
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    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.
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    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.
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    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

Cross Pollinator Ashley Maher Releases Her Latest Album “Flying Over Bridges”

World Music Central News Room April 29, 2007 Ashley Maher

Spin Wild Records announced the release of “Flying Over Bridges”, the fourth album by veteran world music/folk/jazz singer-composer-bandleader Ashley Maher. Recorded in Los Angeles, it…

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New Releases

Indian American Folkster Swati Shows Her Guitar Virtuosity on Small Gods

World Music Central News Room April 28, 2007

Swati has release her new album, Small Gods, (Bluhammock, 2007) this month. Simultaneously percussive and dreamy, revealing elements of her Indian heritage, Swati uses a…

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Interviews

Afro-Cuban Funk, José Conde Talks About His New Recording (R)Evolución

World Music Central News Room April 28, 2007

Bloomington (Indiana), USA – Singer-songman José Conde and his New York-based band Ola Fresca are funkifying Afro-Cuban music with a global perspective and a groove…

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Think Global: Tango, a Rollercoaster of Emotions

World Music Central News Room April 27, 2007

San Francisco (California), USA – Think Global: Tango (THINK103CD, 2007) demonstrates the truly global nature of the style, arising from many encounters between migrants and…

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Rodrigo Rodriguez Releases Across the East

World Music Central News Room April 27, 2007

Japan – Across the East is the second album by Japan-based Spanish musician Rodrigo Rodriguez. The album brings to a conclusion 3 years of intensive…

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New Releases

Motown gets a Latin makeover, Motown Remixed Vol. 2

World Music Central News Room April 26, 2007

New York (NY), USA – Motown Remixed, Vol. 2 (Motown/UM) reinvents classic Motown tracks with contemporary Latin styles from Reggaeton to Latin House    The…

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Album reviews

Global Jazz Electronica Maestros

Angel Romero April 26, 2007

These two EPs by world music luminaries Omar Sosa and Greg Landau are part of Six Degrees Records’ Emerging Artists series. Both are released digitally…

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Events

Yoga at The Cave? Mantra-Pop singer Robin Renee brings the Spirit to Chapel Hill

admin April 25, 2007

New Jersey-based singer-songwriter Robin Renée didn’t set out to be a voice for spirituality in pop music. But as she has discovered through the course…

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Album reviews

Collectors of Apennines Folk

Angel Romero April 25, 2007

Viulan Live (Radici Music Records, 2005) Italian folk group Viulan performs music from the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines. Lele Chiodi (baritone vocals), Carlo Pagliali (tenor vocals) and…

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Album reviews

The Brown Indian Band

Angel Romero April 24, 2007

The Brown Indian Band led by bass player Colin D’Cruz, features accomplished Indian classical musicians in concert with jazz virtuosos. The band is managed by…

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