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    Souad Massi’s Latest Explores New Franco-Arabic Blends

    Souad Massi – Zagate (Backingtrack Production, 2026) Algerian-born singer-songwriter Souad Massi has never strayed far from her Algerian Chaâbi folk roots, while creatively incorporating Western…

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    Benedicte Maurseth’s Mirra Follows the Call of the Wild

    Benedicte Maurseth – Mirra (Hubro, 2025) With Mirra (2025), Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player and composer Benedicte Maurseth deepens her exploration of sound, landscape, and ecology.…

    Madison Quinn March 20, 2026 No Comments
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    Dub Will Keep Us Together, Nick Page’s Final Dub Colossus Album

    Dub Colossus – Dub Will Keep Us Together (Real World X, 2026) Dub Will Keep Us Together is the final Dub Colossus album to feature…

    Angel Romero March 19, 2026 No Comments
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    Laura Camacho Unveils Todo Tiempo Pasado — Tango Meets Britney And Kate Bush

    Laura Camacho – Todo Tiempo Pasado (Athens Tango Project, 2025) Argentine composer and orchestra bassist Laura Camacho has a new album titled Todo Tiempo Pasado…

    Iliana Cabrera March 18, 2026 No Comments
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    Boiled In Lead Comes Back with Celtic Punk Attitude

    Boiled In Lead – King of the Dogwoods (Omnium Records, 2026) Boiled In Lead’s King of the Dogwoods is the Minnesota band’s first studio release…

    Angel Romero March 16, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Vaiano’s Paisanos cover artwork. A hand-drawn, rustic illustration shows a communal table set with bread, oranges, herbs, wine, and simple dishes. A violin and guitar lie among the food
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    Vaiano’s Paisanos Recreate the Stringband Music of Early 20th Century New York

    World Music Central News Room March 21, 2026 No Comments
  • Transglobal Underground - Doin’ the Moonshine cover artwork. A photo of a large barn next to a windmill.
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    Transglobal Underground Returns With “Doin’ the Moonshine” Twist

    World Music Central News Room March 19, 2026 No Comments
  • Sami Yusuf playing oud.
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    Sami Yusuf’s New Album Weaves Ancient Chants Into One Global Voice

    World Music Central News Room March 18, 2026 No Comments
  • The Klezmatics - “Un Du Akerst” cover artwork. A protest poster-style cover in red, black, and off. Shows two clenched fists in broken chains rising toward a burst of shattered fragments.
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    Klezmatics Clock In With A New Protest Song

    World Music Central News Room March 17, 2026 No Comments
  • Angélique Kidjo - Photo by Brantley Gutiérrez. Angélique wearing a turban and a dress with a large flower on the shoulder.
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    Angélique Kidjo Shares New Single “Fall On Me”

    World Music Central News Room March 15, 2026 No Comments
  • Bryan Sutton Blue Night cover artwork. A blue cover with an image of a leafless tree.
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    Bryan Sutton And Joe Bonamassa Light Up “Blue Night”

    World Music Central News Room March 14, 2026 No Comments

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 and digital releases

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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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 and digital releases

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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General News

35 Artists Selected for the Flamenco Song, Guitar and Dance at the Festival del Cante de Las Minas

Angel Romero July 25, 2003 Flamenco

La Unión, Murcia, Spain – The renowned flamenco festival, Festival Internacional Del Cante De Las Minas, has just announced the finalists for its annual contest.…

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