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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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    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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  • 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

Album reviews

The Rough Guide to Gypsy Swing

TJ Nelson March 17, 2004

Various Artists The Rough Guide to Gypsy Swing (World Music Network RGNET 1138 CD, 2004)The Rough Guide to Gypsy Swing is so crammed with such…

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New CDs and digital releases

Straight Ahead Jazz from India

admin March 17, 2004

Goa, India – Goa-based record label Angel AV has released an album by Jazzy Joe. Joe Pereira popularly known as ‘Jazzy Joe’ has come a…

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New Books

Six Degrees Anniversary Compilation

Angel Romero March 16, 2004

San Francisco, USA – Six Degrees Records celebrates its 100th release with a specially priced compilation.  Six Degrees 100 features all of the label’s most…

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Album reviews

Everywhere You Want to Be

Tom Orr March 15, 2004

Lucky Dube – The Other Side (Heartbeat 11661-7770-2, 2003) Nasio – Living in the Positive (Higher Love Music, 2003) Mounia Sahara – I’ve Got A…

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Album reviews

Tango ’til you’re sore

Angel Romero March 15, 2004

Various Artists The Rough Guide to the Music of Argentina (World Music Network RGNET1119CD, 2004) When it comes to Latin music, tango ranks number one…

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Obituaries

Sitar Maestro Vilayat Khan Dies in Mumbai

Angel Romero March 14, 2004

Mumbai, India – The Indian press announced today that sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan died Saturday night, March 13, of a prolonged illness at a…

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Radošov, Love and War

Angel Romero March 14, 2004

Prague, Czech Republic – Radošov has a new recording titled Láska a vojna (Indies Records MAM224-2, 2004). The song and dance choir originated in 1970…

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Album reviews

Songs of the sea & beyond

Angel Romero March 13, 2004

Aaron English All the Waters of the World (Independent release, 2004) Seattle-based world traveler and musician Aaron English brings his life experiences and poetic talent…

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Think of One - Chuva em po
Album reviews

The Belgium/Brazil axis strikes again

Dave Atkin March 13, 2004 Brazilian musicThink of One

Think of One – Chuva em po (LC MUSIC LCM100036 , 2004) Think of One’s David Bovée, Eric Morel, Tomas de Smet & Tobe Wouters…

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Album reviews

The Chieftains Go Further Down the Old Plank Road

TJ Nelson March 12, 2004 The Chieftains

The Chieftains Further Down the Old Plank Road (Victor/BMG Music 82876-52897-2, 2003) Imagine just for a moment that Paddy, Seán, Kevin, Matt or Derek called…

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