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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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  • Album reviews

    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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  • Album reviews

    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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    Traditional Sounds of Sivac Pipes Take Center Stage

    Maksim Mudrinić, Oskar Kovač – Made in Sivac: Serbian Music from Vojvodina (Antonovka Records, 2025) This field recording captures traditional music from Vojvodina, the autonomous…

    Tyler Bennet March 15, 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.
    Music videos

    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

Events

Amala – Gypsy Music, Dance & Language Summer School

admin April 29, 2003

Valjevo, Serbia – The Amala School for Roma (Gypsy) and Serbian music, dance and language presents the unique opportunity to discover Romani and Serbian culture…

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Buenos Hermanos – Ibrahim Ferrer

TJ Nelson April 29, 2003

Ibrahim Ferrer Buenos Hermanos (Nonesuch/World Circuit, 2003) If someone told me that Ibrahim Ferrer possessed the ability to charm a bird out of a tree…

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Festival Ethnoambient Salona 2003, Croatia

Angel Romero April 29, 2003

Salona, Croatia – Festival Ethnoambient Salona 2003 will take place August 1-3, 2003. This year the festival will present Lo Cor de la Plana (France),…

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General News

New World Music Venue in Budapest

Angel Romero April 29, 2003

Budapest, Hungary – Budapest has a new venue, the A38 ship on the  Danube. After two years of planning, permits and construction,  a fantastic “building”…

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Editorials

Slamming The Door Shut

TJ Nelson April 28, 2003 2 Comments

Is the U.S. slowly sliding off the musical map of the world? In a word, yes. Newly tightened visa regulations, set up by the government…

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Events

NWEAMO Call for Works

Angel Romero April 28, 2003

USA – The Northwest Electro-Acoustic Music Organization (NWEAMO) is seeking electro-acoustic works for its fifth annual international festival of electronic music. Works may be representative…

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Les Tambours de Brazza, 3rd CD

Angel Romero April 28, 2003

Les Tambours de Brazza – Tandala

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Tour Announcements

Matato’a from Easter Island, European Tour

admin April 27, 2003

Belgium – Easter Island group Matato’a will be touring Europe June 3 through September 15. This unique group will attract special attention because it’s the…

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Rough Guide To Scottish Music 2nd Edition

Angel Romero April 27, 2003

San Francisco, USA – Rough Guide To Scottish Music 2nd Edition. This entirely new Rough Guide collection explores Scotland’s vibrant music scene. With a wonderfully…

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General News

Non-traditional Record Label R2 Lets Traditional Artists Profit

Angel Romero April 26, 2003

Toronto, Canada – R2, a new record label specializing in the promotion of music from the Celtic world, has just made it easier for European…

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  • Vaiano’s Paisanos Recreate the Stringband Music of Early 20th Century New York
  • Benedicte Maurseth’s Mirra Follows the Call of the Wild
  • Nidia Góngora to Present Afro-Colombian Music in New York
  • Transglobal Underground Returns With “Doin’ the Moonshine” Twist
  • Eight Instrumentalists Compete in Seville for Flamenco’s Most Coveted Composition Prize
  • Dub Will Keep Us Together, Nick Page’s Final Dub Colossus Album
  • Sami Yusuf’s New Album Weaves Ancient Chants Into One Global Voice

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