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    Kazayak Dört Köseli Documents Gagauz Village Songs

    Sevda Ensemble of Cazaclia Village – Kazayak Dört Köseli: Gagauz Songs from Moldova (Antonovka Records, 2025) Antonovka Records released Kazayak Dört Köseli: Gagauz Songs From…

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    Bellanöva Reimagines Italy’s Four Provinces Sound Through Chamber Folk

    Bellanöva – Bellanöva (Felmay Records, 2020) Italian label Felmay Records released Bellanöva in 2020, a collaboration that brings together the traditional piffero-and-accordion duo of Stefano…

    Iliana Cabrera February 17, 2026 No Comments
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    Balafon Goes Chromatic: Aly Keïta’s Balafon Evolution

    Aly Keïta – Balafon Evolution (One World Records, 2026) Ivorian balafon player Aly Keïta presents Balafon Evolution with his Berlin-based trio. The set connects West…

    Tyler Bennet February 16, 2026 No Comments
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    Garden Of Silence Returns With Debut Album Neither You Nor I

    Garden of Silence – Neither You Nor I (Bazaarpool, 2025) Swiss-based ensemble Garden Of Silence released its debut album Neither You Nor I on Bazaarpool…

    Angel Romero February 15, 2026 No Comments
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    Cane Bagpipe Comeback: Xavier Blanco Revives A Lost Galician Sound

    Xavier Blanco — A Gaita de Cana de Moaña (Several Records, 2001) Xavier Blanco Nogueira, a Galician piper from Moaña in the Morrazo region of…

    Angel Romero February 14, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Elif Sanchez - Ayrılıq cover artwork. Elif wearing a red dress.
    Music videos

    Elif Sanchez Shares New “Ayrılıq” Video

    World Music Central News Room February 18, 2026 No Comments
  • Arnaldo Prete Iroko cover artwork. An illustration of a leafless blue tree over a red background.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Belgian Channels Brazil

    Tom Orr February 17, 2026 No Comments
  • Amy Henderson & Ewan MacPherson Searching for Gold cover artwork. A photo of the two artists inside a room, playing their musical instruments, facing each other.
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    Amy Henderson & Ewan MacPherson Search for Trad Gold

    World Music Central News Room February 16, 2026 No Comments
  • Jon Gold The Path Home cover artwork. A man and a woman holding hands standing on a tightrope overlooking the ocean.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Where the Heart is

    Tom Orr February 15, 2026 No Comments
  • Throwdown Thursday - Next Big Thing cover artwork. a band photo outdoors on a field, holding musical instruments.
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    Throwdown Thursday Chases “Next Big Thing”

    World Music Central News Room February 14, 2026 No Comments
  • Natural Mighty A Road. A band photo from the video.
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    Road to Reggae

    Tom Orr February 13, 2026 No Comments

General News

IndigeDisc debut CDs

Angel Romero March 22, 2001 Chief Stephen OsadebeHighlifeNigerian music

New York City, USA- The first two releases on the new Indigedisc label will be out the first week of April. One of the releases…

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Events

Tower Records Opens World Music Store in New York

Angel Romero March 12, 2001 Tower Recordsworld music

New York City, USA – Tower Records, the world’s largest independent music retailer opened its first store exclusively dedicated to world music. The new store…

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General News

U.S. Debut CD by Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Angel Romero March 8, 2001 Pakistani musicqawwaliRahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

New York City, USA- On April 17,  Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan will release his self-titled album, Rahat, in the United States, bringing qawwali music…

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General News

Conference on Black Music Goes to Trinidad

Angel Romero March 7, 2001

Chicago, USA – For the first time, the Inter-American Conference on Black Music Research will be held outside the United States. The conference will examine…

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General News

Peret, King of the Rumba is Back

Angel Romero March 4, 2001 Peretrumba flamenca

Barcelona, Spain – Peret, the undisputable master of the Catalan rumba (a combination of Spanish Gypsy rumba with Caribbean and rock elements) is back with…

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New CDs and digital releases

New Bluegrass Album by Dolly Parton

Angel Romero March 3, 2001 BluegrassDolly Parton

Durham, USA – Following her first ever all-bluegrass release, The Grass Is Blue, Dolly Parton is back with another acoustic album focusing on her roots…

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Events

Green Linnet Celebrates its 25th Anniversary

Angel Romero March 2, 2001 Celtic music

Danbury, USA – Green Linnet Records was created in 1976. Since then, the music label has released over 300 albums of Celtic music, world music…

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New Flamenco Nightclub Opened in Madrid

World Music Central News Room March 1, 2001 FlamencoLas Carboneras

Madrid, Spain – Three flamenco dancers, Tacha, Manuela Vega and Ana Romero have opened a new Flamenco club in the Spanish capital. The name of…

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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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