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    Ancient Future Honors Musical Lineage on Purple Spirits

    Ancient Future — Purple Spirits (Tributes to Musical Giants) (Ancient-Future.Com Records, 2026) On Purple Spirits, Ancient Future has gathered multifaceted and imaginative tributes to artists…

    Angel Romero May 23, 2026 No Comments
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    Gipsy Kings Featuring Tonino Baliardo Launch Exhuberant New Album Historia

    Gipsy Kings Featuring Tonino Baliardo – Historia (Cooking Vinyl, 2026) Gipsy Kings Featuring Tonino Baliardo will release Historia on May 29, 2026. Led by the…

    Iliana Cabrera May 22, 2026 No Comments
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    Naragonia Quartet’s Nehalennia Evoke Village Halls and Coastal Air

    Naragonia Quartet – Nehalennia (Trad Records, 2025) Naragonia Quartet’s Nehalennia is a finely constructed chamber-folk album with a strong sense of memory and motion. Named…

    Madison Quinn May 20, 2026 No Comments
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    Seu Jorge Revisits Brazil’s Musical Soul With Majestic Precision

    Seu Jorge – The Other Side (Amor in Sound, 2026) Sixteen years after its inception, Seu Jorge presents The Other Side as an invitation into…

    Angel Romero May 19, 2026 No Comments
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    Mimika Orchestra Completes Album Trilogy With Medzotermina

    Mimika Orchestra – Medzotermina (Menart, 2025) Mimika Orchestra has released Medzotermina, its fifth studio album. The 20-piece ensemble, conducted by composer Mak Murtić, recorded most…

    JGurski May 18, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

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    Nita Introduces Magma With New Single “Milagro 18:08”

    World Music Central News Room May 22, 2026 No Comments
  • The Rabbit Council - Caught Between cover artwork. An image of a coral reef from underwater.
    Music videos

    The Rabbit Council Brings “Caught Between” To Get It Played

    World Music Central News Room May 21, 2026 No Comments
  • Bryan Sutton and Tommy Emmanuel Dont Let Your Deal Go Down cover artwork. A green blue design with bare tree branches and the single's credits.
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    Bryan Sutton and Tommy Emmanuel Revisit “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down”

    World Music Central News Room May 20, 2026 No Comments
  • Cocanha - Photo by Amic Bedel. The two artists holding their musical instruments.
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    Cocanha Push Occitan Folk Into New Territory with “Flame Folclòre”

    World Music Central News Room May 16, 2026 No Comments
  • Berima Amo Yaba cover artwork. A yellow-brown cover of Berima and his band in the studio
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    Berima Amo Revisits Highlife Traditions on New Single “Yaba (We Are Here)”

    World Music Central News Room May 14, 2026 No Comments
  • Lucy Woodward Always cover artwork. A blurry image of a table with candles, wine glasses and other objects.
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    Lucy Woodward Releases New Single, “Always” a Meditation on Connection

    World Music Central News Room May 13, 2026 No Comments

Events

Celtic Fusion Has Begun

Angel Romero August 7, 2003 AltanShooglenifty

Down, Northern Ireland – The annual Celtic Fusion International Music Festival began today and will run until August 10. This year there was a special…

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Conferences

Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC)

Angel Romero August 7, 2003

Los Angeles, USA – The biggest event in the world for Latin Rock & Hip Hop will be held in Los Angeles, August 14th -16th.…

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Album reviews

Pedaling tabla beats

Patricia Herlevi August 7, 2003 autorickshawworld fusionworld music

Autorickshaw (Tala-Wallah Records, 2003) The word autorickshaw sums up this Toronto quintet’s musical repertoire. When I used the search wordautorickshaw, I found a handful of…

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Events

28th New York Salsa Festival at Madison Square Garden

admin August 7, 2003

New York, USA – A large gathering of salsa artists will take place September 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The salsa…

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Obituaries

Puerto Rican Salsa Legend Tite Curet Dies at 77

Angel Romero August 6, 2003

San Juan, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rican composer and journalist Catalino ” Tite” Curet died at age 77 at St. Joseph Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland,…

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Events

Musicport Festival

World Music Central News Room August 6, 2003

Whitby, North Yorkshire,England – Trans-Global Underground, Ensemble Kaboul, Martin Simpson & 40 other acts will be performing at Musicport, October 24th-26th, 2003. The festival is…

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Two by Shweta Jhaveri

Patricia Herlevi August 5, 2003 Indian musicShweta Jhaveriworld music

Shweta Jhaveri Anahita (Intuition, 1998) Avishkar (21st Century Cosmos, 2003) I enjoy serendipity, so I play a game with myself that involves sifting through the…

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A Cure for them Blues

Patricia Herlevi August 5, 2003 Canadian musicMartina Sorbarapop

Martina Sorbara – The Cure for Bad Deeds (Nettwerk America, 2003) Before I begin the review of Martina Sorbara’s debut CD, I would like to mention…

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Events

WOMEX 2003 Showcase Selection Announced

Angel Romero August 5, 2003

Berlin, Germany – The list of world music artists selected to participate at the WOMEX 20034 showcase has been announced. The selection is made by…

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Album reviews

Chill out

Patricia Herlevi August 4, 2003 Indian musicSheila Chandraworld fusion

Compilasian, The World of Indipop (Narada World, 2003) The release of Narada World’s Compilasian (The World of Indipop) comes as more of a sign of…

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