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    Limping No More: El Pantorrillas Reclaims “Palomo Cojo” in a Bold Folk Revival

    El Pantorrillas – Palomo Cojo (Self-Released, 2025) El Pantorrillas redefines a once-pejorative term with Palomo Cojo (lame pigeon), an album rooted in southeastern Spain’s folk…

    Angel Romero June 8, 2025 No Comments
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    Greg Copeland’s Stark Songwriting on Empire State

    Greg Copeland – Empire State (Franklin & Highland Recordings/Hemifrån/Paraply Records, 2024) On Empire State, Greg Copeland weaves understated melodies with unflinching lyricism to examine difficult…

    Ryan Emmert June 7, 2025 No Comments
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    Femi Kuti’s Next Act: Journey Through Life Balances Protest With Personal Insight

    Femi Kuti – Journey Through Life (Partisan Records, 2025) On his 2025 album Journey Through Life, Nigerian Afrobeat stalwart Femi Kuti turns inward, pairing his…

    Tyler Bennet June 6, 2025 No Comments
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    Pipe Drone Zone: Brìghde Chaimbeul Returns With Sunwise

    Brìghde Chaimbeul – Sunwise (tak:til / Glitterbeat, 2025) Scottish small pipes innovator Brìghde Chaimbeul will release her third album, Sunwise, on June 27, 2025, via…

    Angel Romero June 5, 2025 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Up and Up: Susan Anders Soars with Now I’m a Kite

    Susan Anders – Now I’m a Kite (Zanna Discs, 2025) American singer-songwriter Susan Anders returns with Now I’m a Kite, a new collection of introspective,…

    Ryan Emmert June 4, 2025 No Comments
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    Sian Return with Second Album ‘Araon’ and New Single ‘Seo a’ Bhliadhna’

    World Music Central News Room June 8, 2025 No Comments
  • The album cover for Tchapalo by Yakou Nguessan features a living room scene adorned with traditional African art and percussion instruments. The artist is pictured smiling in the lower left corner, holding drumsticks. The track list, written in a handwritten-style font, includes collaborations with various musicians.
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    Have a Sip

    Tom Orr June 7, 2025 No Comments
  • The single cover for Scallywags by Dàna features a hand-drawn style. It depicts a wine or beer bottle labeled “Dàna” flanked by two glasses, with beer taps on the left, one marked with a shamrock, the other with a star. Set against a textured beige background.
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    Dàna’s New Single Makes Mischief with “Scallywags”

    World Music Central News Room June 6, 2025 No Comments
  • The cover for Goodbye to the Blues by Gena Britt features a solitary figure walking down a dimly lit city street at night, bathed in moody blue tones.
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    Bluegrass Gets the Blues

    World Music Central News Room June 4, 2025 No Comments
  • The album cover for Better Angels by BOP (harvey) features an abstract painting of five colorful figures playing instruments. Set against a swirling backdrop of electric blue, fiery red, and golden yellow, the figures mix angelic and devilish traits—some with halos, others with horns. The band name and album title appear in yellow text.
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    Troubling Times Recalled

    Tom Orr May 31, 2025 No Comments
  • The single cover for Atlantic Schottis by Anemara features a sailboat cutting across rolling blue waves, backlit by a large, textured yellow sun. The design is framed in blue with typewriter-style text: "atlantic schottis" at the top and "ANEMARA" at the bottom right.
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    Wind Songs and Sea Strings: Anemara Debuts with “Atlantic Schottis”

    World Music Central News Room May 30, 2025 No Comments
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What is Flamenco?

Marie Jost April 24, 2003

by Marie Jost “…an Andalusian loves flamenco because it is beyond any definition, any law–accepting as it does every style, modality, cadence, sound and rhythm…because…

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Souad Massi

World Music Central News Room April 24, 2003

Souad Massi Deb Everything about this CD is aurally pleasing. She sings in a flawlessly charming voice, draws on her Algerian roots as well as…

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Deepak Ram – Beauty in Diversity

Angel Romero April 24, 2003

San Francisco, USA – Golden Horn Records has released the new album by masterful musician Deepak Ram. This is the follow-up to his previous release…

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Tour Announcements

The Rustavi Choir on Tour

Angel Romero April 23, 2003

Tbilisi, Georgia – The Rustavi Choir, one of the finest folk choirs in the world will be touring several European countries in the next months.…

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The Best of Battlefield Band

Angel Romero April 23, 2003

Boston, USA – Temple Records has released The Best of Battlefield Band, which is now available. Battlefield Band has been touring the world for 33…

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General News

Pulifunie, New Release by I Muvrini

Angel Romero April 22, 2003

Los Angeles, USA – Pulifunie (Poliphony) is the title of the new release by the popular Corsican band I Muvrini. This is I Muvrini’s 14th…

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An Introduction to Flamenco Cante

Marie Jost April 21, 2003

Flamenco has been graced by performers of great talent since its earliest days. The oldest account of a flamenco performance mentions two masters of flamenco…

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The Musical Pulse of Tunisia

admin April 21, 2003 malufTunisiaTunisian music

By Thorne Anderson (From the Saudi Aramco World magazine July/August 2001 issue. Reproduced by courtesy of Aramco World Magazine) Al-Andalus Even without an appreciation of…

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Book Reviews

Musical Connections Between Black and Native American/Indigenous Cultures

Angel Romero April 21, 2003

Understanding The Connections Between Black And Aboriginal Peoples by Raging BlakkIndian Dub is a text rich with information about the links between black and indigenous…

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Events

Carriacou Third Maroon Music Festival

Angel Romero April 21, 2003

Carriacou, Grenada, West Indies – Carriacou’s Third Maroon Music Festival kicks off Friday 25th April until Sunday 27th. Carriacou’s number one festival, which is growing…

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