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    Selwyn Birchwood Plugs In Florida Blues For Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues

    Selwyn Birchwood – Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues (Alligator, 2026) Guitarist, vocalist, and composer Selwyn Birchwood will release Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues on Friday, March 27,…

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    Tuuletar Makes Waves With Mother Earth Energy

    Tuuletar – Maammo (Nordic Notes, 2026) Finnish folk vocal group Tuuletar released its third studio album, Maammo (“Mother Earth”), on January 30, 2026. The record…

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    Souad Massi’s Latest Explores New Franco-Arabic Blends

    Souad Massi – Zagate (Backingtrack Production, 2026) Algerian-born singer-songwriter Souad Massi has never strayed far from her Algerian Chaâbi folk roots, while creatively incorporating Western…

    John Alan Urquhart March 23, 2026 No Comments
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    Benedicte Maurseth’s Mirra Follows the Call of the Wild

    Benedicte Maurseth – Mirra (Hubro, 2025) With Mirra (2025), Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player and composer Benedicte Maurseth deepens her exploration of sound, landscape, and ecology.…

    Madison Quinn March 20, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Dub Will Keep Us Together, Nick Page’s Final Dub Colossus Album

    Dub Colossus – Dub Will Keep Us Together (Real World X, 2026) Dub Will Keep Us Together is the final Dub Colossus album to feature…

    Angel Romero March 19, 2026 No Comments
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    Kavita Shah & Bau Revisit ‘Miss Perfumado’ In Mindelo Video

    World Music Central News Room March 27, 2026 No Comments
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    Nidia Góngora Celebrates Colombian Life on “La Vida Es Un Baile”

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    Sofia Rei Salutes A Forgotten Revolutionary on “Si Una Cae”

    World Music Central News Room March 26, 2026 No Comments
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    Cheikh Ibra Fam Unveils “Amoul Solo” Video Ahead of Adouna

    World Music Central News Room March 25, 2026 No Comments
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    Jason Carter and Michael Cleveland Team up Again on “Let’s Sing Our Song”

    World Music Central News Room March 24, 2026 No Comments
  • Vaiano’s Paisanos cover artwork. A hand-drawn, rustic illustration shows a communal table set with bread, oranges, herbs, wine, and simple dishes. A violin and guitar lie among the food
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    Vaiano’s Paisanos Recreate the Stringband Music of Early 20th Century New York

    World Music Central News Room March 21, 2026 No Comments

Album reviews

A Live Tradition

Paul Donnelly June 7, 2004

Kate Rusby Kate Rusby – Live from Leeds (Pure Records PRDVD 15, 2004) If you haven’t been lucky enough to see Kate Rusby in concert,…

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Events

Renato Braz joins Paul Winter for Bach2Brazil at Cathedral

admin June 7, 2004

New York, USA – Renato Braz , renowned Brazilian singer-songwriter and the intertwined music of Bach and Brazil will greet summer’s dawn, at Paul Winter’s…

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Tour Announcements

Reggeton Diva Ivy Queen announces her tour calendar for the month of June

Angel Romero June 6, 2004

Following the great success of her recent presentations in San Antonio and El Paso, Texas, the Reggeton Diva Ivy Queen is heading East again to…

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Tour Announcements

Mariza’s International Tour 2004

Angel Romero June 6, 2004 fadoMariza

Madrid, Spain – Fado star Mariza has just finished her concerts in Spain and has returned to her homeland (Portugal) to perform at Rock in…

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Events

Maxi Priest, Beres Hammond, Marcia Griffith, and Lady Saw to Headline \"The 7th Annual Westchester Reggaefest\" 2004

Angel Romero June 5, 2004

Westchester, New York, USA – The annual Westchester Reggaefest 2004 concert will celebrate its seventh anniversary on June 13, 2004. Produced and hosted by linkup…

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Events

The 27th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Angel Romero June 4, 2004

Vancouver, Canada – The 2004 edition of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival will take place July 16, 17 & 18, 2004, at Jericho Beach Park.…

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Album reviews

The Many Faces of Roots

Tom Orr June 4, 2004 MidniteReggaeSly and RobbieThe Heptonesworld music

Various Artists – Reggae Pulse, Vol. 3: Love Songs (Sanctuary Records Group 06076-80446-2, 2004) Sly and Robbie – The Dub Revolutionaries (RAS Sanctuary 06076-89917-2, 2004)…

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Articles

The Arts sector in the European Union includes 2.5% of the working population

Angel Romero June 2, 2004

Madrid, Spain – The General Society of Authors and Composers (SGAE) informed today that activities related with the Arts (known as Culture in Europe) represent…

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Awards

National Endowment For The Arts Announces the 2004 Recipients of the Nation’s Highest Honor in the Folk and Traditional Arts

Angel Romero June 2, 2004

Washington, D.C., USA – The National Endowment for the Arts today announced the 2004 recipients of the NEA National Heritage Fellowships, the country’s highest honor…

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New CDs and digital releases

David Darling Records with the Wulu Bunun

Angel Romero June 1, 2004

San Francisco, USA – The album Mudanin Kata (World Music Network UGCD1032 ) unites singers from the Wulu Bunun people of Taiwan with the sounds…

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