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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

General News

Longina Trova Festival

Angel Romero January 15, 2003

(Prensa Latina) Santa Clara, Cuba.- The Longina Festival, which gathered trova artists from almost all Cuban provinces and paid tribute to Manuel Corona, one of…

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EFWMF and Folk Alliance will present Strictly Mundial in Montreal

Angel Romero January 15, 2003

USA – The North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance (Folk Alliance) and the European Forum of World Music Festivals (EFWMF) are collaborating to present…

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Silvio Rodriguez Receives Award

Angel Romero January 12, 2003

(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez received the Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center award in Havana, bestowed to celebrities and…

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Group from Santiago to Cuban Culture Fest in Mexico

Angel Romero January 11, 2003

(Prensa Latina) Havana, Cuba – The band Los Jubilados, from Santiago de Cuba, will attend a Cuban culture festival at the Mexican locality of Tlanepantla…

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Farewell to New Age Voice

Angel Romero January 10, 2003

Atlanta, Georgia – New Age Voice permanently closed its doors January 10th, 2003. There wasn’t enough ad revenue to maintain the publication due to the…

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Music Solidarity with Oil Spill Victims

Angel Romero January 10, 2003

Madrid, Spain – La Fábrica de Ideas, a world music booking agency and marketing company, in Spain is requesting the support of world music festivals,…

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Baka Beyond, East to West

Angel Romero January 7, 2003

British world fusion band Baka Beyond has a new recording out, East to West (Narada). Martin Cradick, leader of the band, returned to the Congo…

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Tour Announcements

Paco de Lucía Live in the Bay Area

Angel Romero January 6, 2003 flamenco guitarPaco de Lucia

Berkeley, USA – Flamenco guitar master Paco de Lucía will be performing in the San Francisco Bay Area in January. One of the world’s greatest…

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Obo Addy

Angel Romero January 1, 2003

Obo Addy Wonche Bi (Alula Records Alu-1025, 2001) Obo Addy is a Ghanaian singer, percussionist, traditional spiritual healer, and a Wonche priest of the Ga…

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New Tango Festival at the Costa del Sol

Angel Romero January 1, 2003

Benalmádena, Spain – The first a Tango Festival of the Costa del Sol (southern Spain) will take place January 8 -12, 2003, in Benalmádena. The…

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