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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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  • Album reviews

    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

Articles

Power of Music Part 2: Dr. Emoto’s Hidden Messages in Water

Angel Romero April 25, 2004

We live in revolutionary times and radical change creates discomfort. Our ancestors most likely didn’t readily accept that the world was round after centuries of…

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Events

World Sounds at New Orleans’ International Arts Festival

Angel Romero April 23, 2004

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA –  The 18th annual International Arts Festival (IAF) will be presenting an eclectic and exciting line up June 11 – 13…

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New CDs and digital releases

Tabla in Teentaal

Angel Romero April 21, 2004

Pandit Sharda Sahai & Vishnu Sahai Gurukul Lineage of Benares Gharana (Sense World Music, 2004) Recorded live at the Saptak Festival in January 2004, this…

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Events

Saving the River, Musicians Announced for Clearwater Festival

admin April 20, 2004

Poughkeepsie, New York, USA – Punk folksinger Ani Di Franco, will deliver music and message on stage at the 2004 Clearwater Festival, at Westchester’s Croton…

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Jolie Holland - Escondida cover artwork. An out of focus black and white photo.
Album reviews

Songs From The Back Porch

Paul Donnelly April 20, 2004 bluesEnglish Folk musicworld music

Jolie Holland – Escondida (Anti 6692, 2004) Thankfully, the transition from lo-fi spare room demo to recording studio hasn’t harmed the sound or spirit of Jolie Holland’s…

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General News

Registration Is Now Necessary to Post Messages on this Site

Angel Romero April 20, 2004

Burlington, NC, USA – Due to an increasing number of porn and spam messages in the Comments and Forum areas, World Music Central has decided…

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New CDs and digital releases

Evolution – New Steelband CD from New York Finest Steelbands

admin April 20, 2004

New York, USA – The widely anticipated compilation CD from seven New York steelbands who participated in the extremely popular 2003 Vibrations in Steel concerts…

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The Cape Verdian Voice of Tété Alhinh

Angel Romero April 19, 2004

The Netherlands – Dutch label World Connection will be releasing Voz this week, the new album by Cape Verdian singer Tété Alhinho. She is a…

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Concert reviews

Rodin Rodino, Music from the Congo

slb2 April 18, 2004

by Susan Budig  The vernacular face of the United States is changing and this concept was very present recently at Macalester College. A new cultural…

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Articles

University of California, Riverside presents Red Rhythms: Contemporary Methodologies in American Indian Dance

Angel Romero April 18, 2004

Riverside, California, USA – The University of California, Riverside, has announced a conference exploring contemporary American Indian dance as a vibrant, active, socio-cultural historical practice.…

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