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    Jefferson Ross Goes Full DIY On Backstage Balladeer

    Jefferson Ross – Backstage Balladeer (2025) Jefferson Ross’ fascinating Backstage Balladeer is a self-contained project he laudably wrote, performed, produced, recorded, and mixed on his…

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    Kora Meets Cello: Diabaté, Schiavone and Martella Trio Unveils Crossing

    Crossing (Diabaté, Schiavone, Martella) – The Path Before Us (Circular Music Records, 2026) The Path Before Us brings together Burkinan and Italian artists Petit Solo…

    Iliana Cabrera February 3, 2026 No Comments
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    Foundling’s Artemisia Brings Harp-Led Fantasy Ambient

    Foundling – Artemisia (Shadow World SW021, 2026) Artemisia is the new album from Foundling, the project of Canadian-born, Berlin-based vocalist, bassist, and harpist Erin Lang.…

    Angel Romero February 2, 2026 No Comments
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    I Second That

    Wesli – Makaya (WUP, 2025) As is often the case, I must agree wholeheartedly with my colleague/boss Angel Romero. His summing-up of the album Makaya…

    Tom Orr February 2, 2026 No Comments
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    A Lins Through Time: Keberle Honors a Brazilian Icon

    Ryan Keberle & Collectiv do Brasil – Choro das Águas (Alternate Side Records, 2025) On Choro das Águas, trombonist Ryan Keberle and his São Paulo-based…

    Iliana Cabrera January 31, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Moussa T -, “Halas Halas” cover artwork. A filtered image with yellows and blues of a Tueareg man playing guitar.
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    Moussa T Delivers “Halas Halas” Sahara Blues

    World Music Central News Room February 3, 2026 No Comments
  • Dave Stryker - Blue Fire: The Van Gelder Session cover artwork. A black and white photo of Stryker in a studio playing guitar.
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    Dave Stryker Takes A Swing At “The Fool On The Hill” In New Video

    World Music Central News Room February 2, 2026 No Comments
  • A grainy black-and-white photograph shows a solitary child figure standing on jagged seaside rocks as waves crash below.
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    Marina Paredes Offers Delightful ‘Años Luz’ Video

    World Music Central News Room February 2, 2026 No Comments
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    Peiriant Tease New Album Plant With Single ‘Song In Parts’

    World Music Central News Room February 1, 2026 No Comments
  • Robeone Winter Dreams. a photo of Robeone surrounded by keyboards.
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    Keyboardist Robeone Shares New Video Winter Dream

    World Music Central News Room January 31, 2026 No Comments
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    Out to Sea

    Tom Orr January 31, 2026 No Comments

New CDs

Virginia Rodrigues Has Recorded Mares Profundos

Angel Romero July 28, 2003

New York, USA – Universal Classics has announced today that Brazilian singer Virginia Rodrigues has recorded a new album. Her forthcoming CD, Mares Profundos, will…

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Album reviews

Canta y Baila

Angel Romero July 27, 2003

La Susi Agua De Mayo (Muxxic, 2002) Ever since I heard my first flamenco guitar in college, my knees melt at the sound of a…

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General News

Montreal, A City Ripe for World Music

Angel Romero July 27, 2003

“Our mix-and-match population makes Montreal a hospitable place for musicians of all kinds“, says the Paris-born New Yawk Montrealer who books multicultural shows for the…

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Conferences

Last Call For Artists & Bands To Submit Demos For In The City Unsigned 2003

admin July 27, 2003

Manchester, England –  the closing date for In The City ( ITC) Unsigned 2003 is at 5pm Friday 1st August 2003.. In The City Unsigned…

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General News

Zimbabwe Group Black Umfolosi Denied Entry in Israel

Angel Romero July 27, 2003

East Jerusalem – Sunday’s performance, 27th of July 2003, by the internationally renowned Zimbabwe group Black Umfolosi was cancelled. Black Umfolosi could not take part…

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New CDs

Another Blue Moon, a tribute to a hallowed tradition of the Sarod

Angel Romero July 26, 2003

Arnab Chakrabarty, a young Indian sarod virtuoso, has released his debut album of Hindustani sarod music. Another Blue Moon, produced by Indian Ocean Records, a…

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General News

Nominees For The Bollywood Music Awards Chosen

Angel Romero July 26, 2003

New York, USA – Over the past weeks the jury for the U.S. based Bollywood Music Awards have cast their ballots for the best  five…

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General News

Austrian-Palestinian Musician Deported by Israeli Authorities

Angel Romero July 25, 2003

East Jerusalem – Artist Marwan Abado, an Austrian National of Palestinian origin, was detained immediately upon his arrival into Tel Aviv airport on Sunday 20th…

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New CDs

New CD by Hindustani Classical Vocalist

Angel Romero July 25, 2003

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada – A new music CD titled Sarathi has just been released in Canada containing the Khayal performance by one of the rising…

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Album reviews

The Indian Way

Angel Romero July 25, 2003

Joseph Fire Crow Legend of the Warrior (Makoche Recording Company, 2003) There seems to be no shortage of Native American flautists or a shortage of…

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