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    Guachinangos Amalgamate Son Jarocho, Cumbia and Champeta on Debut Album

    Guachinangos – Vol. 1 (Jalopy Records, 2026) New York seven-piece Guachinangos (the red snappers) released its debut album, Vol. 1, earlier this year. The ensemble…

    Angel Romero August 26, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Juan Saiz Reconnects With Cantabrian Tradition on Tañedor

    Juan Saiz — Tañedor (self-released, 2026) Spanish musician Juan Saiz has released Tañedor, a new album that explores the traditional music of Cantabria (northern Spain)…

    Angel Romero August 24, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Unfettered Persian Excursion

    Never mind that classically trained Iranian singer Bahar Movahed is also an orthodontist whose practice is (perhaps handily) located in my current stomping ground of…

    Tom Orr August 23, 2026 No Comments
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    Gaoussou ‘Sobra’ Kouyate Steps Forward as Bandleader on ‘Sobra Blues’

    Gaoussou ‘Sobra’ Kouyate – Sobra Dance (One World Records, 2026) Malian guitarist Gaoussou “Sobra” Kouyate takes the lead on Sobra Blues, an eight-track album produced…

    Tyler Bennet August 21, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Frederico7 Builds a Brazil Beyond Borders on ‘Brasileirôu’

    Frederico7 – Brasileirôu (Lion’s Lair Records, 2026) On Brasileirôu, Frederico7 treats Brazil as an inner geography. On its 12 songs, the Brazilian-born songwriter brings together…

    Angel Romero August 19, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Shy-Anne Hovorka — Raise My Fist cover artwork. A colorful illustrated cover showing a hand holding a black-and-white feather against a glowing sunset over water and rolling green hills. Ghostly figures appear in the golden sky, surrounded by flowers, trees, and exposed roots. The title “Raise My Fist” appears prominently above, with Shy-Anne Hovorka and Suckle Creek Drum Group & Friends credited below.
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    Shy-Anne Hovorka Unites More Than 30 Indigenous and Ally Artists on “Raise My Fist”

    World Music Central News Room August 28, 2026 No Comments
  • Black and white photo of Sheila Chandra with hands holding her head.
    Music videos

    Sheila Chandra Presents “Lament of McCrimmon / Song of the Banshee”

    World Music Central News Room August 27, 2026 No Comments
  • Shovel Dance Collective — Photo by Brad Gilbert. a set of three horizontal sepia photos of the band members.
    Music videos

    Shovel Dance Collective Announce ‘Everything in Readiness,’ Share First Single

    World Music Central News Room August 26, 2026 No Comments
  • Protoje standing outdoors. Behind him, a landscape of white mountains.
    Music videos

    Protoje and Stephen Marley Address Global Injustice in ‘1000 Lashes’ Video

    World Music Central News Room August 22, 2026 No Comments
  • Hanoun Brass Band From New Orleans to Palestine cover artwork
    Music videos Single reviews

    Second Line Levantine

    Tom Orr August 15, 2026 No Comments
  • Rhiannon Giddens Freight Train video cover artwork. An image of Giddens holding a banjo.
    Music videos

    Rhiannon Giddens Revisits Elizabeth Cotten’s “Freight Train”

    World Music Central News Room August 13, 2026 No Comments

New Releases

West Indian Compilation from the Island of Dominica

admin November 24, 2003

Dominica – Sixteen of the very best musicians from Dominica, Nature Island of the Caribbean, have donated 17 tracks to the result-oriented Ralph Casimir and…

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Interviews

Skyhigh Family connection to Somalia

susanbudig November 24, 2003

Many consider youth a time spent forging new paths and in the process, rejecting old ways, frequently turning a deaf ear to one’s elders. The…

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Events

GlobalFEST: New World Music Festival to Host Sixteen Acts on January 10, 2004

Angel Romero November 24, 2003

New York, USA – GlobalFEST is a one-night festival modeled after other popular music industry events that draw in players from the Performing Arts industry…

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New Releases

Discovery Sound Releases New CD with Chinese Music Samples

admin November 23, 2003

Japan – The Legend of China is a set of 2 discs, CD-ROM (387 files) and Audio CD (339 phrases), corresponding to ACID & REX2…

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Album reviews

Navajo-Dine Songs

Angel Romero November 23, 2003

Delphine Tsinajinnie Mother’s Word (Canyon Records) Multi-talented Delphine Tsinajinnie (pronounced sin-a-jinee) is a descendent of the traditional Blessingway and Nightway medicine men of the Nihookáá’…

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Articles

Richard Egües: Arguments about an Exceptional Flautist

Angel Romero November 23, 2003

(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha – Insider Music) The first argument supporting Richard Egües’s category as a paradigm of the interpretation of his instrument in Cuban…

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New CDs and digital releases

The Rosette Guitar Duo – Portage to Tunnel Mountain

Angel Romero November 22, 2003

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – The Rosette Guitar Duo has composed and recorded a full-length compact disc entitled Portage to Tunnel Mountain, which was released in…

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New CDs and digital releases

Rashid Khan’s Voice of India

Angel Romero November 21, 2003

Great Britain – Sense World Music has released Voice of India, the new recording by vocalist Rashid Khan. “There is now at least one person…

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Events

 Kin Za Za Featured in MusicBrigade’s World Music Video Channel

Angel Romero November 21, 2003

Ambient-World duo Kin Za Za has announced its selection as a featured act on MusicBrigade’s special World Music Video Channel, running back-to-back music videos from…

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Awards

Sixth Annual Native American Music Awards

Angel Romero November 21, 2003

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA – Robert Mirabal was named Artist of the Year at the The Sixth Annual Native American Music Awards. The event was…

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