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    The Spirited Mountain Music of The Burnett Sisters Band

    The Burnett Sisters Band — Easy Come, Easy Go (Pinecastle Records, 2026) On Easy Come, Easy Go, the Burnett Sisters Band introduces itself with charming…

    Madison Quinn April 12, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Prabir And The Endless: Dazzling Mix of Eastern Ragas and Western Guitar

    Prabir Mehta — Prabir Aur Antaheen (self-release, 2026) Prabir Aur Antaheen presents a set of everlasting compositions rooted in ancient Indian raags (ragas), arranged for…

    Angel Romero April 10, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Sam Bergquist Finds the Sweet Spot Between Satire and Soul on Devils & Doves

    Sam Bergquist — Devils & Doves (self-released, 2026) Sam Bergquist’s 2026 album Devils & Doves charts the tension between hope and doubt, humor and heartache,…

    Ryan Emmert April 9, 2026 No Comments
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    Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials Return With Slideways

    Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials – Slideways (Alligator Records, 2026) Slideways, the grand new album from Chicago blues band Lil’ Ed & The Blues…

    Ryan Emmert April 8, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    A Soundtrack Fit for a Sultan: Kamperman’s Prince Achmed Shines Beyond the Screen

    Steven Kamperman – Prince Achmed (Zennez Records ZR2025013, 2025) Dutch composer and multi-instrumentalist Steven Kamperman brings new life to Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1926),…

    Tyler Bennet April 7, 2026 No Comments
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    Tamikrest Keep The Tuareg Connection Live With “Imanin”

    World Music Central News Room April 13, 2026 No Comments
  • Dallas String Quartet. Studio portrait of the quartet wearing formal clothes. Two men n black suits and two women in black dresses.
    Music videos

    Dallas String Quartet Puts Romani History Front And Center

    World Music Central News Room April 12, 2026 No Comments
  • Alison Brown & Steve Martin - Safe, Sensible and Sane cover artwork. A photo of the two artists holding banjos
    Music videos

    Old Hen, New Spin: Steve Martin and Alison Brown Hatch Video With Della Mae

    World Music Central News Room April 11, 2026 No Comments
  • An illustration of a Gnawa drum and karkabas (metal castanets) on top of the drum.
    Music videos

    Desert Blues Band Tarwa N-Tiniri Weaves Gnawa and Amazigh Music on “Nbina”

    World Music Central News Room April 9, 2026 No Comments
  • A protest-style illustration shows three raised hands against a beige background: a black clenched fist on the left, a red hand in the center pointing upward, and a black open palm on the right with an eye symbol. Along the bottom, blocky lettering reads We Were Made For These Times by The Klezmatics.
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    The Klezmatics Face The Music With We Were Made For These Times

    World Music Central News Room April 8, 2026 No Comments
  • Sufian Ararah - Asdaa cover artwork. An interior space with arched columns.
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    Oud Maestro Sufian Ararah Revisits Memory on “Asdaa”

    World Music Central News Room April 5, 2026 No Comments

Album reviews

More Hot Sauce From the Hot Source

Tom Orr December 30, 2006

Africando Ketukuba (Stern’s Africa STCD 1103, 2006) In my snobbish opinion, the scantily-clad young woman on the cover of this CD should be astride a…

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Tour Announcements

Rob Curto’s Forró For All tours California in January 2007

admin December 30, 2006 forróForró For All

Rob Curto’s Forró For All will be touring in California in January of 2007 performing at venues such as: the Skirball Cultural Center in Los…

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New Releases

Roar Vangen Transforms His Guitar into Hardanger Fiddle Sounds

World Music Central News Room December 29, 2006

On Streng, Norwegian guitarist Roar Vangen shows that it’s possible to make new, exciting and immediate instrumental music, inspired by Norwegian folk music. There is…

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New Releases

Andy Palacio and Ivan Duran Talk About the Garifuna Collective’s New Release Wátina

World Music Central News Room December 28, 2006

  The tale of Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective traces its roots to the early 1980s, when a teenage Palacio traveled from his home…

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Events

Singer Noa Performs at Landmark Palestinian-Israeli Peace Soccer Game

World Music Central News Room December 27, 2006

Sevilla, Spain – Israreli singer Noa, will open the “Partido por la Paz” (Peace Game) that will be held today in Sevilla (Spain) between a…

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Album reviews

Electro Bamako

Angel Romero December 27, 2006

Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli Electro Bamako (Palm Pictures) As anyone can see from viewing this site or any publication geared towards world music, Malian…

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New Releases

Randy Wood’s Cree Round Dances

World Music Central News Room December 27, 2006

Phoenix (Arizona), USA – Randy Wood released his fifth solo album for Canyon with My Heart and Soul. Infused with the spirit of his Plains…

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General News

VIBE.com Honors the Late, Great James Brown

World Music Central News Room December 26, 2006

New York (NY), USA – VIBE.com will be honoring James Brown all week with photo, audio and video tributes to his incredible career.    “James…

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New Releases

Rising African Music Star Lura Releases Second CD

World Music Central News Room December 26, 2006

Paris, France – Lura is a young artist whose origins come from Cape-Verde, but who grew up in Portugal. She has a new album tited…

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Obituaries

Legendary Soul Singer James Brown Dies at 73

World Music Central News Room December 25, 2006

One of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century, James Brown, died today, December 25, of a of conjunctive heart failure. There will…

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