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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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    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

efolkMusic Converts to Nonprofit, Aiming to “Save the Last Great Pickers on Earth”

Angel Romero May 20, 2004

(PRWEB) – Talk about ahead of their time, or, in Internet-speak, “bleeding edge”: efolkMusic was selling downloads for a buck starting back in 1999, just…

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New Books

No Woman No Cry, Rita Marley’s Account of Her Life with Bob Marley

Angel Romero May 20, 2004

New York, USA – Hyperion Books has published No Woman No Cry, a book about Bob Marley, co-written by the woman who knew Bob Marley…

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Bagpipe Sensation Susana Seivane Presents Mares de Tempo

Angel Romero May 19, 2004 bagpipeCeltic musicGalician musicSpanish musicSusana Seivane

  Madrid, Spain – Susana Seivane, one of Spain’s finest bagpipers, has a new recording, Mares de Tempo. The album includes a music video and…

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New Books

Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today

Angel Romero May 18, 2004

Denmark – Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today is a new book on censorship of music worldwide, edited by Marie Korpe (Executive Director, Freemuse), published…

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Events

Global Beat Of The Boroughs: Dominican Republic

Angel Romero May 18, 2004

New York City, USA – A festival of Dominican music will take place on Saturday, May 22, in New York City. The event is presented…

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Events

Musicians Diego el Cigala and Victor Victor to Perform at Cubadisco 2004 Festival

Angel Romero May 18, 2004

(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana.- The Sociedad General de Autores (General Society of Authors), which has famous artists signed such as Joan Manuel Serrat and…

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New Films

Watch This!: A Zoe/Rounder Video Compilation

Angel Romero May 17, 2004

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – Watch This! is Rounder Records’ first-ever music video compilation. Featuring eight concept videos from such popular Zoe and Rounder artists as…

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Obituaries

Folk Music Radio Host Mike Fleischer, Dies at 67

Angel Romero May 17, 2004

Mike Fleischer, 67, of Downers Grove, Illinois, passed away Saturday, May 15. Mike was host of the weekly WDCB, Glen Elllyn, IL, radio show, Treasures…

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New CDs and digital releases

Sandra Luna’s Evolving Tango

Angel Romero May 17, 2004

Bloomington, Indiana, USA – Times Square Records will be releasing in the United States the new album by Argentine singer Sandra Luna. “Cinders that burn…

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Album reviews

Life in the Vas Lane

Tom Orr May 16, 2004 Azam AliGreg EllisVasworld fusionworld music

Vas – Feast of Silence (Narada 70876-18497-2-1, 2004) Vocalist Azam Ali and percussionist Greg Ellis began making music as Vas in 1995, both bringing to the…

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  • Home Grown Finally Gets Its Moment After A COVID-19 Pause
  • Fatoumata Diawara Celebrates Freedom on New Single, “Fala”
  • Revival of the Ancient Greek Kithara: How a 2,000-Year-Old Instrument Entered God of War
  • 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”
  • “Música no Forte” Sets Summer 2026 Lineup in Lajes do Pico, Azores

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