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    Highlife in Motion: Santrofi’s “Making Moves” Charts a Bold New Journey

    Santrofi – Making Moves (Outhere Records, 2025) Some albums arrive like old friends returning home, carrying new stories yet familiar scents of the past. Making…

    Madison Quinn May 31, 2025 No Comments
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    Watchhouse Taps Into the Sacred: Rituals Finds Grace in the Act of Letting Go

    Watchhouse – Rituals (Tiptoe Tiger Music/Thirty Tigers, 2025) Watchhouse (Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz) offer a quiet invocation on their exquisite new album Rituals. This…

    Ryan Emmert May 30, 2025 No Comments
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    Nordic Lights in Persian Sky Bridges Traditions with Dazzling Dialog

    Constantinople & Benedicte Maurseth – Nordic Lights in Persian Sky (Glossa, 2025) In Nordic Lights in Persian Sky, Montreal-based ensemble Constantinople joins forces with Norwegian…

    Angel Romero May 29, 2025 No Comments
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    Mystic Rebels With a Cause: A Sacred Sound Journey

    Enten Hitti – Mistiche Ribelli (Lizard Records, 2025) Mistiche Ribelli (mystic rebels) is the latest musical project from Pierangelo Pandiscia and Gino Ape, performed by…

    Angel Romero May 28, 2025 No Comments
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    Island Suite Symphony: Tanya Ekanayaka’s “Piano Isles” Maps New Terrain

    Tanya Ekanayaka – Piano Isles (Naxos Records, 2025) Outstanding Sri Lankan composer and pianist Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka explores uncharted musical ground with Piano Isles, a…

    Tyler Bennet May 27, 2025 No Comments
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  • 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
  • The single cover for Canto de Iemanjá by Quarteto Geral features an abstract design with soft, layered brushstrokes in blue, gray, and hints of yellow. A bold red horizontal stripe cuts across the composition. The group's name is elegantly set in black serif font in the upper right, while the title appears below in all caps.
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    An Earthly Divine Tribute

    Tom Orr May 29, 2025 No Comments
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    Blues on a Saint’s Wavelength: Fabrizio Piepoli Channels St. Nicholas in a Mediterranean Hymn

    World Music Central News Room May 28, 2025 No Comments
  • The single cover features Angelo Rascool in a cream pinstripe suit and red tie, seated with hands pressed in a prayer gesture. He's wearing dark sunglasses and rings. Set against a geometric backdrop under clear blue skies.
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    Still a Clear and Present Danger

    Tom Orr May 27, 2025 No Comments
  • The cover for Followin’ You by East Nash Grass features a pastoral landscape with rolling hills, patchwork fields, and two tall, tree-like forms flanking a winding path. In the foreground, a simple white silhouette of a couple walks hand in hand. The title sits above in bold red and teal text, framed by retro border lines.
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    Grass Roots, Bold Routes: East Nash Grass Follows Instincts with New Single

    World Music Central News Room May 26, 2025 No Comments
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Starry Nights in Western Sahara

Angel Romero April 8, 2003

Boston, USA – Rounder Records released today a compilation featuring music by the Saharawi people of the Western Sahara. This comes just a few days…

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Obituaries

Drumming Legend Babatunde Olatunji Died Sunday

Angel Romero April 7, 2003

Los Angeles, California – Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji passed away Sunday, April 6th, at a hospital in Salinas, California, with his family by his side.…

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Tour Announcements

Chava Alberstein on Tour

admin April 7, 2003

2003 May 11 – The Esplanade, Singapore July 12 – Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY, USA November 8 – Rackham Concert Hall, Ann Arbor,…

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Gnawa Njoum Experience

Angel Romero April 7, 2003

Paris, France – The “Gnawa Njoum Experience” is a project born from a Boum Ba Clash party at the famous Paris club Batofar where Gnawa…

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Zion High Productions to Release First Reggae CD

World Music Central News Room April 6, 2003

San Diego, USA – Zion High Productions has announced the forthcoming release of its debut CD, Rebelution by Yami Bolo, featuring the Majestic Ministry. Stand-out…

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Sheila Chandra, The Indipop Retrospective

Angel Romero April 6, 2003 Sheila Chandra

Milwaukee, USA – The latest installment in the collection of reissues of Sheila Chandra’s recordings is The Indipop Retrospective. It features Chandra’s work on Indipop…

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Conferences

Manzanero to Lecture in Spain about Bolero

Angel Romero April 5, 2003

(Prensa Latina) Mexico – Mexican popular composer and singer Armando Manzanero will lecture on Bolero, a genre born in Cuba and strengthened here in Mexico,…

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Folk Music from Denmark 2003 CD

Angel Romero April 4, 2003

Copenhagen, Denmark – The 2003 edition of “Folk Music from Denmark” is now available. The album was released by MXP -Danish Music Export & Promotion…

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Tour Announcements

Valentin y los del Caribe to Tour Canada – Summer 2003

Angel Romero April 3, 2003

Vancouver, Canada – From Cuba, Valentin y los del Caribe has been entertaining tourists for almost a decade. Now ready to embark on their first…

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Concert reviews

WOMADelaide 2003

Seth Jordan April 2, 2003 WOMADelaideworld music

WOMADelaide 2003 – March 7th-9thBotanic Park, Adelaide, Australia Like a fine South Australian red wine, WOMADelaide has matured well with age. Debuting in ‘92 as…

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