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    Spellbinding Shadow Folk: Antinoë Bends Darkness On ‘The Fold’

    Antinoë – The Fold (Dark Essence Records, 2025) Antinoë presents The Fold, a hauntingly beautiful chamber-like convergence of neoclassical folk, melancholy pop, progressive rock-style arrangements…

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  • Album reviews

    Young Flowers Reclaims Kazakh Roots in Russia

    Various Artists – Young Flowers: Music of Kazakhs from Orenburg Region (Antonovka Records, 2024) On Young Flowers, a field recording compilation from the Adamovsky district…

    Tyler Bennet January 12, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Chicago Songwriter Dana Maragos Goes National With Unimaginable Things

    Dana Maragos – Unimaginable Things (Dana Maragos, 2025) Dana Maragos released Unimaginable Things nationwide on December 12, 2025. The album first came out as a…

    Ryan Emmert January 11, 2026 No Comments
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    Joy In Motion: Júlia Kozáková’s Manuša II Celebrates Romani Roots

    Júlia Kozáková – Manuša II (CPL-Music, 2025) With Manuša II, Slovak singer Júlia Kozáková extends her Manuša project that centers on Romani (Gypsy) music from…

    JGurski January 8, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Galaxia Tropical Puts Ranil Back In Orbit

    Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical – Galaxia Tropical – Analog Africa no. 43 (Analog Africa, 2026) Analog Africa will release Galaxia Tropical, a new compilation…

    Iliana Cabrera January 5, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Congolese French Connection

    Tom Orr January 13, 2026 No Comments
  • Bass & Riddim Workshop What We Have cover artwork. an image of palm trees over an orange red background.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Romanian Riddim

    Tom Orr January 12, 2026 No Comments
  • Della Mae Magic Accident cover artwork. a phyo of the four women wearing colorful pants and shirts including pik, red, blue and orange.
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    Della Mae Grow Their “Family Tree”

    World Music Central News Room January 11, 2026 No Comments
  • A landscape fills the frame, where soft desert dunes fade into a pastel horizon beneath a vast, curved celestial form.
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    Altın Gün Revives A Turkish Folk Classic With “Neredesin Sen”

    World Music Central News Room January 8, 2026 No Comments
  • A Havana street stretches into the distance, lined with pastel colonial buildings and a row of brightly colored 1950s American cars rolling forward in formation.
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    A Mountain of Cuban Roots

    Tom Orr January 7, 2026 No Comments
  • The Dark Clouds single cover presents a landscape under storm clouds illustrated in carved lines. A streak of red suggests a winding path or road cutting through dark terrain, while a thin glow of light breaks through the heavy blue and black sky. The title appears in white lettering at the center, with Jesse Smathers’ name placed in the lower right corner.
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    Jesse Smathers Chases The Light On New Single “Dark Clouds”

    World Music Central News Room December 26, 2025 No Comments

Tradeshows

Market for African Performing Arts

World Music Central News Room February 25, 2001

Abidjan, Ivory Coast – From March 3 through March 10 Abidjan (Ivory Coast) will host the 5th Edition of MASA, the Market for African Performing.…

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General News

Famous Cuban Singer Celebrates 90th Birthday

Angel Romero January 11, 2001 Cuban musicEl GuayaberoFaustino Oramas Osorio

Holguin, Cuba – Faustino Oramas Osorio, artistically known as El Guayabero, celebrated his 90th birthday last week with the same enthusiasm that he has sung…

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Concert reviews

Jorma Kaukonen & Jon Shain at The Arts Center in Carrboro

World Music Central News Room February 20, 2000 bluesblues rockJorma Kaukonen

Concert Review by Rob TurnerJorma Kaukonen &Jon Shain at The Arts Center in Carrboro, North Carolina, February 19, 2000. Jorma Kaukonen’s return to the “triangle”…

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