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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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    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
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    Second Line Levantine

    Tom Orr August 15, 2026 No Comments
  • Rhiannon Giddens Freight Train video cover artwork. An image of Giddens holding a banjo.
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    Rhiannon Giddens Revisits Elizabeth Cotten’s “Freight Train”

    World Music Central News Room August 13, 2026 No Comments

Album reviews

Vintermåne

Angel Romero August 13, 2003

Vintermåne Vintermåne (Lindberg Lyd NOMPPO201001, 2002) Norway seems to produce quite a few excellent groups that combine melancholic Scandinavian folk music with jazz and atmospheric…

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Events

Havana, to the Rhythm of Hip-Hop

Angel Romero August 13, 2003

(Prensa Latina – Cumbancha) Havana, Cuba – Hip-hop or rap, born in the 70’s in the black and Latin neighborhoods of New York, was reaffirmed…

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New CDs and digital releases

International Debut for the Yoshida Brothers

Angel Romero August 13, 2003 Japanese musicTsugaru-ShamisenYoshida Brothers

Los Angeles, USA – Poised for their landmark American debut this summer, Yoshida Brothers, the Yoshida Brothers are already veritable rock stars in their native…

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New Release by Cash Brothers

Angel Romero August 12, 2003

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – Following their acclaimed Zoë debut How Was Tomorrow, the Cash Brothers return with A Brand New Night, eleven new songs featuring…

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General News

State Department Insists Time Ran Out for Latin Grammy Nominees

TJ Nelson August 12, 2003

Miami, USA – Cuban musicians Ibrahim Ferrer, Chucho Valdes and Cuban group Los Van Van, three nominees for the September 3rd Latin Grammy Award show,…

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Album reviews

Diane Jarvi: whimsy and gritty

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A CD review by Susan Budig Diane Jarvi – Flying Into Blue (Lupine Records, 1999) Diane Jarvi told me this CD was made to appeal…

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Events

Floydfest World Music Festival Begins this Week

Angel Romero August 11, 2003 Floydfest

Floyd, Virginia, USA – The second annual Floydfest … Outta This World Music Festival, is set for Aug. 15-17 at a magnificent 80-acre site off…

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New CDs and digital releases

Blues Rocker Walter Trout Set to Unleash 13th CD and Tour

Angel Romero August 11, 2003

Scotch Plains, New Jersey, USA – Guitarist Walter Trout has a new CD with songs recorded before a live audience at a Special Recording Session…

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General News

Garma Festival of Aboriginal Australian Traditional Culture

Angel Romero August 10, 2003

Australia – The Garma Festival of Traditional Culture will take place August 19-23, 2003. The festival is held at Gulkula, 40 kilometers outside of the…

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Articles

Levantine Music in Eastern Europe: Klezmer from Litvakistan

admin August 10, 2003 Jewish musicKlezmerYale Strom

Music of Klezmeristan What Were Khazarian Wedding Dances and Music Like? Would They Resemble Klezmer? By: Anne Hart, M.A., author of 36 books, journalist: world…

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