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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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    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.
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    Gnoss Share Lively New Single “Emily”

    World Music Central News Room April 25, 2026 No Comments
  • Staran black and wgite band photo
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    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.
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    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.
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    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

New CDs and digital releases

Eliades Ochoa Announces Forthcoming Album

Angel Romero March 26, 2004

(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba – Guajiro Sin Fronteras is the title for the latest album by Cuban singer Eliades Ochoa due…

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Tour Announcements

rosette guitar duo on tour

admin March 25, 2004

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – The Rosette Guitar Duo is going on tour of Western Canada. Guitarists Kevin Marsh and Michael Lyngstad formed the Rosette Guitar…

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General News

Cuban Musicians Find it Hard to Travel to United States

Angel Romero March 25, 2004 Cuban music

(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Los Angeles, Cuba – Cuban singer-songwriter Carlos Varela applied for a visa to travel to the United States to sing his…

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Events

Cuban Rock Musicians Play in Concert for Peace

Angel Romero March 25, 2004

(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Cuban rock bands joined to the world protests against war and terrorist acts and organized a concert Friday…

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New CDs and digital releases

Peter Tosh Commemorated in a Benefit Album Featuring Some of Reggae’s Biggest Artists

Angel Romero March 24, 2004

Controversial Jamaican reggae artist Peter Tosh is being commemorated in a benefit album featuring some of reggae’s most prominent artists. The CD is being released…

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Album reviews

Persian poetry & spiritual intoxicants

Angel Romero March 24, 2004

Safa Alight (Songlines) Safa (Farsi): means inner purity, sincerity and sincere affection. The Vancouver ensemble Safa comprised of Puerto Rican percussionist Sal Ferreras, Quebecois jazz…

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Obituaries

Folk Singer Rick Fielding Dies of Cancer

Angel Romero March 22, 2004

[image1_left]Rick Fielding passed away Saturday evening March 20 after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. Originally a native of Montréal, Quebec, Rick was smitten…

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Obituaries

Rudy King, the man who brought the Steelpan to the US, passes away

admin March 21, 2004

New York, USA – The New York Pan Community and the rest of the Global Pan world mourn the loss of one of its best,…

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General News

New Jazz Club in Havana

Angel Romero March 21, 2004

(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – World renowned Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés, several times Grammy award winner, opened the Irakere Jazz Club in Havana…

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New CDs and digital releases

Miquel Gil’s Valencian Roots

Angel Romero March 21, 2004

Madrid, Spain – Alike the oranges he cultivates according to ecological principles Miquel Gil’s voice grows directly from the Valencian earth. With his previous album…

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  • Staran Join Forces With Julie Fowlis on New Single “Duan Callaig”
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