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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
    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

Album reviews

Mandolin Wizardry

Angel Romero March 1, 2006 Mike MarshallPsychograss

  During the last two decades, a new breed of American virtuoso musicians have developed primarily instrumental music with roots in bluegrass, country, Celtic and…

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Events

Heineken TransAtlantic Festival presents Lenine

World Music Central News Room February 28, 2006

Miami (Florida), USA – The Heineken TransAtlantic Festival will present Lenine with special guest Javier Garcia on Saturday March 18, 7pm, at North Beach Bandshell.…

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General News

Earle Douglas Meerwald: Sri Lanka’s Big Band Musician

World Music Central News Room February 27, 2006

Author: asiaradionews A new website has been launched to remember one of Sri Lanka’s great big band musicians, Earle Douglas Meerwald who died in 2003.…

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New CDs and digital releases

Tsotsi Kwaito Soundtrack Released in North America

World Music Central News Room February 27, 2006

Los Angeles (California) USA – The film score to the Academy Award nominee Tsotsi, a South African film is now available. The soundtrack features Bonginkosi…

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Album reviews

The Rhythms of Vocal and Hand Percussion

Angel Romero February 27, 2006

John Belcher The Sound According to John (Innova Recordings innova643, 2005) John Belcher has recorded an album of intriguing percussion works. When one thinks of…

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Tour Announcements

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill March East Coast Tour

World Music Central News Room February 26, 2006

Danbury (Connecticut), USA – Celtic fiddle-guitar duo Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill will tour the East Coast of the United States in March. Hayes and…

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General News

Ndidi Onukwulu Debut CD Launch Party

World Music Central News Room February 25, 2006

Toronto, Canada – In support of Ndidi Onukwulu.’s debut record, No, I Never, the public are invited to attend a special night of music at…

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General News

Murat Ses sixth solo album Electric Levatine released in the USA

sven February 24, 2006

New York (USA) – Murat Ses’ sixth solo album Electric Levantine has been released by Clou Records (Florida-USA) and will be distributed by several companies…

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Tour Announcements

Irish ‘Supergroup’ Patrick Street on Tour in North America

World Music Central News Room February 24, 2006

Danbury (Connecticut), USA – Patrick Street will be on tour in February and March. the band will be promoting the new CD by band members…

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New CDs and digital releases

Niamh Parsons: New CD and March Tour

World Music Central News Room February 23, 2006

Danbury (Connecticut), USA – Irish singer Niamh Parsons will release her new Green Linnet CD Old Simplicity on Feb 21, 2006, with guitarist Graham Dunne.…

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