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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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    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.
    Music videos

    Purbayan Chatterjee and Mark Lettieri Collaborate on New Single “Soar”

    World Music Central News Room April 16, 2026 No Comments

Album reviews

Musically Gifted Offspring Honor Their Fathers

Angel Romero March 5, 2007

Various Artists A Song for My Father (Target/180 Music, 2007) The theme album A Song for My Father is part of an appealing new series…

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Book Reviews

Captivating Conversations with World Music Artists

Angel Romero March 4, 2007

Global Minstrels: Voices of World Music is a fascinating collection of interviews Elijah Wald (former Boston Globe music critic) carried out while living in Boston.…

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Album reviews

The Upsetter and the Controller Ride the Trojan Horse

Tom Orr March 3, 2007

The Upsetter Selection: A Lee Perry Jukebox (Trojan Records, 2007) Jonny Greenwood Is the Controller (Trojan Records 06076-80565-2, 2007) For four decades Trojan Records has…

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General News

World Music at Birds Eye View Film Festival

World Music Central News Room March 3, 2007

London, England – Birds Eye View film festival presents six days of inspiration and celebration, showcasing the very best work from women filmmakers. The event…

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Editorials

Thoughts About Censorship for Music Freedom Day 2007

TJ Nelson March 2, 2007

With Freemuse’s global forum on censorship, Music Freedom Day 2007, right around the corner, I’ve been pondering over the idea of censorship. The idea of…

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Articles

The Nightingale glides again

chukksang March 2, 2007

Auckland, New Zealand – Two decades of controlled, disciplined and immensely alluring onstage performances and years later The Netherlands-based Tibetan classical/opera singer, song writer, poet…

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General News

Recording Industry Group Launches Settlement Campaign to Universities

TJ Nelson March 1, 2007 music piracy

In a bold move to quash illegal music file sharing, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) stated on Thursday, March 1, 2007 it would…

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Interviews

Yungchen Lhamo: Goddess Rising

Angel Romero March 1, 2007

It’s not every day that a film journalist becomes acquainted with a musical goddess. It’s true that the words, "goddess" and "diva" are bandied around…

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New Releases

Andy Morgan Talks About Tinariwen’s New CD, Aman Iman

World Music Central News Room February 28, 2007

Tinariwen, the Tuareg desert blues band has a new recording titled Aman Iman: Water is Life (World Village, March 20, 2007 North American release). The…

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Tour Announcements

Reggae Star Stephen Marley Takes to the Road Headlining Venues Across North America

World Music Central News Room February 27, 2007

New York (NY), USA – Stephen Marley, GRAMMY winning artist and producer has announced that he is launching a much anticipated tour this spring. Kicking…

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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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