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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”

    World Music Central News Room March 27, 2026 No Comments
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    Sofia Rei Salutes A Forgotten Revolutionary on “Si Una Cae”

    World Music Central News Room March 26, 2026 No Comments
  • Cheikh Ibra Fam Adouna over artwork. A photo of Cheikh Ibra Fam wearing a red hat.
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    Cheikh Ibra Fam Unveils “Amoul Solo” Video Ahead of Adouna

    World Music Central News Room March 25, 2026 No Comments
  • A retro illustration featuring a classic jukebox as the centerpiece, flanked by a fiddle and bow. To the right, a milkshake sits on a small table beside round stools on a checkered floor.
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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

X-Tango, indeed!

Marie Jost May 31, 2004 Fernando Oterotango

Fernando Otero, X-Tango – Plan (Twinz 602, 2003) This is not your grandmother’s tango! This isn’t even your mother’s tango. X-Tango, indeed! Fernando Otero uses…

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New CDs and digital releases

Tom Beardslee releases debut CD

Angel Romero May 31, 2004

Singer/guitarist Tom Beardslee has independently released his debut album, titled Exit this Frame of Mind. The album’s ten tracks cross the Atlantic and back again,…

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General News

Fado Star Mariza Participates in the Official Soundtrack of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece

Angel Romero May 31, 2004

Bloomington, Indiana, USA – A July 12, 2004 release date has been announced by EMI records, for Unity, the official pop soundtrack to the 2004…

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\"Veretski Pass,\" East European Jewish Music

Angel Romero May 30, 2004

San Francisco, USA – Golden Horn Records has released Veretski Pass, Traditional East European Jewish Music by the trio of the same name, made up…

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Events

The 2004 JVC Jazz Festival in New York Features Salsa, Jazz and Other Sounds

Angel Romero May 30, 2004 JVC Jazz Festival

New York, USA – The 2004 JVC Jazz Festival – New York will cover the city with music June 15 – 26, featuring more than…

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Obama – Déjenlos Hablar, the Sounds of Equatorial Guinea

admin May 30, 2004 Equatorial GuineaObama

Madrid, Spain – After having worked with most Equatorial Guinean artists in the fields of production and arrangements, Obama now presents his first solo work.…

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Events

Apollo Theater Presents African Jazz Legend Hugh Masekela Concert On Friday, June 4

Angel Romero May 29, 2004

New York City, USA – As part of its Black Music Month programming, the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. in association with the African Film Festival…

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New CDs and digital releases

Reflections, New CD by Miriam Makeba

Angel Romero May 29, 2004

Bloomington, Indiana, USA – South African star, Miriam Makeba, has a new album out titled Reflections. The new CD is the first Makeba album in…

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General News

Cuban Disc Fair Pays Tribute to Chucho Valdés and Irakere

Angel Romero May 28, 2004

(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Irakere, the most famous Cuban jazz band and the world´s first inserting Afro-Cuban sounds into jazz, was paid…

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General News

New Cuban and Latin Music Digital Download Service

Angel Romero May 27, 2004

Havana, Cuba – Cubadisco 2004 will be the stage for the introduction of a new distribution platform for music files, providing the catalog of Cuban…

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