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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.
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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

Events

Sami Singer Sofia Jannok Will Perform in Washington DC

World Music Central News Room April 1, 2007

The Embassy of Sweden will be presenting a concert April 13th at the House of Sweden in Washington DC with Sami singer Sofia Jannok, who…

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Awards

The McDades win Juno Award

World Music Central News Room April 1, 2007

The McDades won the award for Best Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group) in the 2007 Juno Awards, for their CD Bloom. They…

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Album reviews

A Flamenco Soul in France

Angel Romero April 1, 2007

Sylvie Paz Tirititrán (self release, 2007) Sylvia Paz is a French musician and singer-songwriter of Spanish origin, based in Marseilles. For many years, she was…

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Articles

Teaching Community Building Through African Drumming

drumafrica March 31, 2007

Munpurugu, Munpurugu, Munpurugu Introduction: Do the above words sound strange to you? Not to students of Applied Music in a high school in New York…

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Album reviews

Echoes of Radio Tarifa

Angel Romero March 31, 2007

Benjamín Escoriza Alevanta! (18 Chulos Records, 2006/Riverboat Records-World Music Network, 2007) One of the most charismatic singers in the Spanish world music scene, Benjamín Escoriza,…

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New Releases

Golden Horn Records Releases Budowitz Live by Klezmer Band Budowitz

World Music Central News Room March 30, 2007

Walnut Creek (California), USA – Budowitz Live is the new recording by Budowitz, the international klezmer band of musicians from Hungary, Germany and the United…

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Album reviews

Stephen Marley’s Mind Control Debuts #1 on Top Reggae Chart

World Music Central News Room March 29, 2007

New York (NY), USA – Stephen Marley , GRAMMY winning artist and producer notched a #1 debut with his acclaimed new solo debut album Mind…

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General News

Chris Austin Songwriting Contest Finalists Announced

World Music Central News Room March 29, 2007

Wilkesboro (North Carolina), USA – Wilkes Community College will produce MerleFest 2007, Presented by Lowe’s, on April 26 – 29 on its campus in Wilkesboro,…

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New Releases

La Vie en Rose Official Motion Picture Soundtrack Will Be Released in May

World Music Central News Room March 29, 2007

Hollywood (California), USA – EMI Classics / EMI Music Catalog Marketing will release the official motion picture soundtrack to La Vie en Rose, the dramatic…

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New Releases

Ricardo Lemvo Releases 5th CD, Isabela

World Music Central News Room March 29, 2007

Isabela, Ricardo Lemvo’s self-released fifth album, is the product of much hard work and knowledge. Its cosmopolitan bouquet of musical styles is sung in six…

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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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