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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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    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

General News

Master Tombak Player Pedram Khavar Zamini Alive

World Music Central News Room October 16, 2006

Pedram Khavar Zamini‘s manager and wife contacted World Music Central today to report that the information published by our web site earlier was incorrect. The…

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New Releases

Northern Cheyenne Tribal Pop

World Music Central News Room October 16, 2006

Boulder (Colorado), USA – Out of the Ashes is the debut recording by Shelley Morningsong, where she combines Native American music with modern Pop music.…

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Events

Simon Shaheen and Qantara with special guest Chiara Civello in New York

World Music Central News Room October 16, 2006

World renowned ‘ud and violin master Simon Shaheen performs with Qantara, a group he founded that fuses Arab, jazz, Western classical, and Latin American music…

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Events

Marcel Khalifé’s Arabic Ud at World Music Concert Series 2006 in San Diego

World Music Central News Room October 15, 2006

To conclude the World Music Concert Series 2006 series in San Diego, Marcel Khalifé (ud, voice) will perform Sunday, October 22 at 8pm at the…

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New Releases

Eleni Karaindrou Releases Elegy of the Uprooting

World Music Central News Room October 15, 2006

Elegy of the Uprooting  is a live concert recording of haunting music by Eleni Karaindrou. Elegy of the Uprooting  documents a 2005 concert in Athens…

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New CDs and digital releases

Liu Fang Releases a new CD of Pipa Music from Chinese Folk Roots

World Music Central News Room October 15, 2006

Canadian label Philmultic announced the release of Liu Fang‘s third pipa solo album, part of a series of three volumes. The Soul of pipa Vol.…

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Album reviews

Take 2 CDs and Call the Doc in the Morning: A Musical Cure for Insomnia

World Music Central News Room October 14, 2006

Dr. Andrew Weil’s Music for Self-Healing Relax & De-Stress Music selected and designed by Joshua Leeds Sounds True Anders Rogg & Audun Myskja Videre (Moving…

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New Releases

Lagos Stori Plenti, the new sounds from Nigeria

World Music Central News Room October 14, 2006

Lagos Stori Plenti is the first internationally-released compilation that presents the new urban sounds from Nigeria. Straight from the largest country in Africa, this release…

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Album reviews

Nice Going

Tom Orr October 13, 2006

Azouhouni I Gotta Go (Zohore Records ZR0405, 2005) An exceptionally good melding of jazz and African rhythms here. Azouhouni Adou, a native of Ivory Coast…

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General News

A World Remixed: Exclusive GeoRemix Tracks from National Geographic

World Music Central News Room October 13, 2006

When National Geographic stepped into the digital music realm earlier this year, WorldMusic.NationalGeographic.com Editor Tom Pryor made a conscious effort to highlight world music in…

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