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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…

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    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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  • Album reviews

    Lovely Bengali–Mexican Folk Fusion: Donde La Tierra Canta

    Koyel Basu – Donde La Tierra Canta | যেখানে মাটি গান গায় (Where The Earth Sings) (2026) British-Bengali independent artist Koyel Basu has recently released…

    Iliana Cabrera April 19, 2026 No Comments
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    Moussa T Offers Modern Tuareg Desert Blues on Tartite

    Moussa T — Tartite (Mixto Records, 2026) With Tartite, rising Tuareg musician Moussa T delivers familiar desert blues closely associated with Tuareg music. At the…

    Angel Romero April 17, 2026 No Comments
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    Rafael Carvalho Introduces the viola da terra on A Teia Da Viola

    Rafael Carvalho – A Teia da Viola (self-release, 2025) Rafael Carvalho’s A Teia Da Viola is a delightful 10-track self-released album that celebrates the beautiful…

    Iliana Cabrera April 14, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • 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
  • Bryan Sutton and Kenny Smith - Three Star Hornpipe cover artwork. A sand colored image of leafless tree branches.
    Music videos

    Bryan Sutton and Kenny Smith Reimagine “Three Star Hornpipe”

    World Music Central News Room April 17, 2026 No Comments
  • Purbayan Chatterjee & Mark Lettieri Soar cover artwork. An illustration of bird feathers.
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    Purbayan Chatterjee and Mark Lettieri Collaborate on New Single “Soar”

    World Music Central News Room April 16, 2026 No Comments

General News

The World Music Institute celebrates its 20th season with a major gallery exhibit in New York

Angel Romero June 16, 2004

New York, USA – The World Music Institute opens its 20th season with a gallery exhibit highlighting WMI’s 19-year history with photographs by Jack Vartoogian,…

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Vallenato Music School opens in Colombia

Angel Romero June 16, 2004

Valledupar, Colombia – The Fundación Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata has developed one of its main objectives, the creation of a vallenato music school. The…

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New CDs and digital releases

Tana Tani, State of Bengal vs Paban Das Baul

Angel Romero June 16, 2004

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – Tana Tani (Real World Records) is a collaboration that brings together Paban Das Baul – a leading figure among Bengal’s Baul…

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Events

Global Café, Toronto\’s New World Music Festival

Angel Romero June 15, 2004

Toronto, Canada – Global Café, Toronto’s newest world music festival, presented by Small World Music, announces the Toronto debuts of Mexico City’s Los De Abajo…

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New CDs and digital releases

Spanish Harlem Orchestra Presents a new CD, Across 110th Street

Angel Romero June 15, 2004

New York, USA – Latin music label Libertad Records released the Spanish Harlem Orchestra’s new CD, Across 110th Street. The second CD released by the…

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Album reviews

Pods and Ends

Tom Orr June 14, 2004

Afro Celt Sound System Pod (Real World 7243 597526 0 0, 2004) Afro Celt Sound System were and are trailblazers in the ethno-techno movement that…

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Brizzi do Brasil, Brazilian popular music meets avant garde and electronica

Angel Romero June 14, 2004

San Francisco, USA – As part of its Secret World series, Amiata Records has released an album by Italian musician Aldo Brizzi. Brizzi do Brasil…

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Tour Announcements

Dominican Afro-Roots band, Super Uba y su Conjunto Tours the U.S.A.

Angel Romero June 14, 2004

New York, USA – Dominican Bachata and Afro-Roots band, Super Uba y su Conjunto, perform throughout the U.S.A. this summer in celebration of their new…

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New CDs and digital releases

Pinecastle Records releases a tribute to The Beacon Brothers

Angel Romero June 13, 2004

Orlando, Florida, USA – Tim Graves and Daryl Mosley collaborate on Remembering the Beacon Brothers (Pinecastle PRC 1137). Tim Graves and Daryl Mosley have been…

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Events

Stern Grove Festival Announces 67th Season Of Free Summer Concerts

Angel Romero June 13, 2004

San Francisco, USA – Stern Grove Festival announced its 67th Season of 10 admission-free concerts that will take place every Sunday at  2:00 p.m. from…

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  • Backline Unveils New Single “Reaping the Blues”
  • Songs Carried Across Salt Water: Memory, Exile, And The Quiet Force Of Displaced Dreams
  • Deanie Richardson And Kimber Ludiker Honor Howdy Forrester On “Rutland’s Reel”
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