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    March To August Share Fascinating Stories on Concept Album Highway 75

    March To August — Highway 75 (self-released, 2026) March To August’s Highway 75 is a concept album that follows the fictional life of a long-haul…

    Ryan Emmert June 17, 2026 No Comments
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    Traveler Amalgamates Rock and Global Traditions on Out of the Dust

    Traveler — Out of the Dust (2019) Traveler released Out of the Dust in 2019. It is a studio album designed to capture the energy…

    Ryan Emmert June 14, 2026 No Comments
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    Azuka Moweta Honors Asaba Highlife Roots On Kenechukwu

    Azuka Moweta — Kenechukwu (Palenque, 2026) Nigerian singer Azuka Moweta performs in Igbo on Kenechukwu, with his Anioma Brothers Band of Africa. The project weaves…

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    Pooja Goswami Pavan Interprets Kabir’s Poetry on The Mind, Ecstatic – Songs of Kabir

    Pooja Goswami Pavan – The Mind, Ecstatic – Songs of Kabir (Neuma Records, 2026) Hindustani vocalist, composer, and scholar Dr. Pooja Goswami Pavan latest work…

    Angel Romero June 9, 2026 No Comments
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    Ramblin’ Ricky Tate Joins The Magnolia Sessions

    Ramblin’ Ricky Tate – The Magnolia Sessions (Anti-Corp, 2026) The Magnolia Sessions, the Nashville-based live series recorded outdoors beneath a large magnolia tree at Anti-Corp/Black…

    Ryan Emmert June 7, 2026 No Comments
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    It Takes All Kinds

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    New and Old from Portugal

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    A Fania Favorite

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    The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys Return With “Bottom of a Glass”

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    Keeping Grandmothers Grand

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    Orquesta Akokán Returns with New Single “No Me Voy” Featuring Carolina Oliveros

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Events

The San Francisco Jazz Festival Features World Music

Angel Romero October 8, 2003

San Francisco, USA (PRWEB) — SFJAZZ is proud to announce the line-up for the 21st Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival presented by Target Stores, a…

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Ghanaian drummer Yacub Addy & Wynton Marsalis on BET

admin October 7, 2003

New York, USA – This season’s JOURNEY WITH JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER television series on the BET Jazz Chanel includes two programs in which Ghanaian…

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Rumbón Tropical, New Cuban Video

Angel Romero October 7, 2003

San Francisco, USA – Boogalu Productions has announced the release of a new film  of Cuban rumba  called Rumbón Tropical  featuring the Cuban music and…

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Brazilian Classics and the Post-Bossa Generation

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London, England – This compilation brings together the singers, songwriters, and musicians from all over Brazil who grew up listening to bossa nova, even played…

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US Debut for one of Ireland’s Hottest New Groups

Angel Romero October 7, 2003

Danbury, Connecticut, USA – Today is the US release date for Téada, the debut album by Irish band Téada. Their debut CD features the unique…

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New CDs and digital releases

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – a sufi supreme

Angel Romero October 6, 2003

London, England – British label Manteca has added a new title to the growing collection of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan recordings. A Sufi Supreme (MANTCD046)…

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Grey Larsen and Paddy League: the Essence of Irish Flute

Angel Romero October 6, 2003

Bloomington, Indiana, USA – Irish Flutist Grey Larsen has teamed with Paddy League to record a new CD titled. The Dark of the Moon. Any…

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Album reviews

Sahrauis, Music of Western Sahara

Angel Romero October 5, 2003

Sahrauis (Saharawis) Music of Western Sahara(3 CDs and a book) Nubenegra and Intuition Music & Media (1998) In 1998, four European producers set out on…

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Javier Ruibal’s Sahara, Andalusian Music and Poetry

Angel Romero October 5, 2003

San Francisco, USA – Riverboat/World Music Network will release Javier Ruibal’s latest CD, Sahara, on October 21st. Javier Ruibal is an exceptional singer-songwriter from Cádiz,…

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Awards

Cuban Documentary Film Awarded at Festival in Bahia

Angel Romero October 5, 2003

(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – The Cuban short film “El son te salio redondo,” by producer Senobio Faget (Puri), won the Tatu de…

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