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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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    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

General News

Spirits from Ainu, New Release from Discovery Sound.

admin March 30, 2004

Japan – Discovery Music is going to release a new set of samples titled Spirits from Ainu on May 31st, 2004. The new library of…

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Labyrinth Musical Workshop/ Museum Of Musical Instruments

admin March 30, 2004

The Musical Workshop “Lavyrinthos” (Labyrinth) was founded in 1982 by Ross Daly with the goal of initiating young people, primarily, into a creative approach to…

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New CDs and digital releases

Mamouat Abde ElHakim, Direct from the Djma al Fna

Angel Romero March 30, 2004

Seattle, USA – Post World Industries has released an Internet only album titled Direct from the Djma al Fna, Marrakesh, Morocco by Majmouat Abde ElHakim.…

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Andy Narell records with 30-Piece Steel Orchestra Calypsociation

Angel Romero March 30, 2004

Cleveland, USA – Andy Narell has a new recording titled The Passage, which features Narell, the steelband Calypsociation, and three of the greatest soloists in…

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Susan McKeown’s World Celtic Sounds

Angel Romero March 29, 2004

Burbank, California, USA – World Village has released Sweet Liberty, the latest album by Irish vocalist Susan McKeown. She assembled a small group of extraordinary…

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Obituaries

World Music Agent Julie De Rossi Killed by Drunk Driver

Angel Romero March 28, 2004

Julie De Rossi was struck and killed by a drunk driver early on the morning of March 17. She was the Event Director of Motherland…

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Album reviews

Taking More Heat

Tom Orr March 28, 2004

Bio Ritmo – Bio Ritmo (Locutor Records LR 001, 2004) Various Artists – The Rough Guide to Mambo (World Music Network RGNET 1136 CD, 2004)…

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Césaria Évora Remixed by International Contemporary Dance/Electronic Innovators

Angel Romero March 27, 2004

New York, USA – Club Sodade: Cesaria Evora is the follow-up to Évora’s critically acclaimed 2003 Bluebird/Arista Grammy-winning Voz D’Amor. It also marks the much-anticipated US…

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General News

South African Hip Hop personalizes the fight against AIDS

World Music Central News Room March 26, 2004 hip hopHIV/AIDSSouth AfricaSouth African music

(PRWEB) -Local Hip Hop is waging a war against HIV/AIDS with the Abo’ m-Rapper Against AIDS (AMAA) initiative. BLK Storm Entertainment and 8 Bayce Enterprises…

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New CDs and digital releases

Isn’t it Good, Norwegian Wood

Angel Romero March 26, 2004 Maria SolheimNorwegian music

Maria Solheim – Frail (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) Jan Eggum & Blatur – Everybody’s Doing It (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) A plethora of singer-songwriters hail from Norway. And while…

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