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    Raia’s Uádi Pours Desert Rains Over The Viola Campaniça

    Raia – Uádi (Lusitanian LUS058, 2025) Portuguese musician António “Tó-Zé” Bexiga recently released Uádi, the new album from his solo project Raia. The record highlights…

    Iliana Cabrera December 21, 2025 No Comments
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    From Hallingdal To Homs: Spove’s Folk Flight

    Spove, Nawara Alnaddaf, Silje Risdal Liahagen, Inger Hannisdal, Adrian Myhr – Spove (Fiol, 2025) Norwegian-Syrian quartet Spove has released its debut album, Spove. The exquisite…

    Tyler Bennet December 20, 2025 No Comments
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    Zemog El Gallo Bueno Playful Return With New Album ¡Ya Tú Sabes!

    Zemog El Gallo Bueno – ¡Ya Tú Sabes! U All Reddy Noe (Pinch Records, 2025) ¡Ya Tú Sabes! (You Already Know) is the latest album…

    Angel Romero December 19, 2025 No Comments
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    Cory Henry Releases Soulful and Funk-Fueled ‘A Wonderful Holiday’

    Cory Henry — A Wonderful Holiday (2025) Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter Cory Henry has released A Wonderful Holiday, a six-song collection of original Christmas…

    Angel Romero December 18, 2025 No Comments
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    Lô And Behold: Maame, a DYI Effort

    Cheikh Lô – Maame (World Circuit, 2025) A decade has passed since Cheikh Lô last offered a studio album, and Maame feels like a homecoming…

    Madison Quinn December 17, 2025 No Comments
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  • An illustrated landscape shows a lush forest opening to a stream and waterfall, framed by geometric Art Deco borders. A glowing sun sets behind distant mountains, while a lone figure beside a turntable listens by the water. Pastel typography centers the title “Love Garden” with “Double Tiger” beneath.
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    Love In Bloom – Double Tiger Grows New “Love Garden” Single

    World Music Central News Room December 19, 2025 No Comments
  • A lone bison strides across an open road at dusk, its dark silhouette set against a wide, amber-toned sky and distant plains. The title Saving Grace and the artist’s name appear above.
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    Robert Plant Drops New Everybody’s Song Video With Saving Grace

    World Music Central News Room December 18, 2025 No Comments
  • A black field frames gold typography, with the artist name centered above and the album title below. A single luminous gold line ripples across the middle, glowing softly at its center.
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    Persian Setar, Ambient Drama: Danial HM Teases New Single “Breath Of Eternity”

    World Music Central News Room December 17, 2025 No Comments
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    Effervescent Reggae

    Tom Orr December 16, 2025 No Comments
  • A dark screen with scan lines and digital noise. Glowing blue-yellow text reads “Gregory Isaacs” at the top and “Love Without Intermission” in italicized lettering at center, with playback symbols and a zeroed timecode.
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    Cool Ruler Meets Keyboard King On ‘Love Without Intermission’

    World Music Central News Room December 15, 2025 No Comments
  • Owen Casey Easy Enough single artwork. A Compact Disc with images of two palms and song credits.
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    Jamaica Meets Irie-Land

    Tom Orr December 13, 2025 No Comments

The album cover for Harold López-Nussa – Nueva Timba features a mosaic-like painting of a jazz ensemble. Musicians play instruments including piano, bass, trumpet, congas, and trombone, dressed in suits and hats, evoking a vintage Cuban jazz scene. The top has a bold red banner with the artist's name and album title in yellow, along with the Blue Note logo in the lower left corner.
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Cuba’s Harold López-Nussa Recasts “Gitanerías”

World Music Central News Room August 17, 2025 No Comments Cuban musicHarold Lopez-Nussaworld music

Cuban pianist Harold López-Nussa has released “Gitanerías,” his interpretation of Ernesto Lecuona’s piece and the latest single from his Blue Note Records album Nueva Timba,…

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Mountain Echoes, Village Voices: Ravnogorski Biseri Bring Ravnogor to Life

JGurski August 17, 2025 No Comments Bulgarian musickaba gaidaRavnogorRavnogorski BiseriRhodope Mountainsworld music

Ravnogorski Biseri – Images from Ravnogor (Aide Aide Music & Dance, 2025) Images from Ravnogor offers an unfiltered window into the traditional music of southern…

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The cover of Mckey — Most of the Blame shows a warmly lit apartment interior with a vase of pale roses and daisies in the foreground. Behind them, a round wooden table holds an open book and keys near a window overlooking a city building. On the wall, a black letter board spells out “PAY ATTENTION.”
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Partial Culpability

Tom Orr August 16, 2025 No Comments bossa novaBrazilian musicMckeyworld music

An American singer by the name of Mckey brings a touch of bossa nova, both vocally and in the arrangement, to “Most of the Blame,” a…

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The album cover for Zhenya Wind's The Earth is Moving resembles a hand-painted folk illustration. At the center, Zhenya Wind appears barefoot, dressed in flowing traditional attire, raising an arm toward the sky. Three fiery, birdlike creatures soar above, evoking mythological firebirds. Behind her, the landscape rolls with green hills, birch trees, a wooden cabin, and distant golden onion domes, all bathed in the glow of a rising or setting sun. The ornate border is decorated with mushrooms, plants, and intricate folk motifs.
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The Earth Moves with Zhenya Wind’s Fourth Album

Daryana Antipova August 16, 2025 No Comments Russian folk musicworld musicZhenya Wind

Zhenya Wind — The Earth is Moving (Self-released, 2025) In her fourth album, The Earth is Moving, St. Petersburg’s multi-genre artist Zhenya Wind steps fully…

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The single cover features the title “What A Gwaan” in bold, distressed white and red lettering against a dark, grungy background with a faint chain-link fence pattern. The artist’s name, “Kingly T,” appears below in a flowing white-and-red script, adding contrast to the rugged design.
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Personal Perspective, Universal Truth

Tom Orr August 15, 2025 No Comments Kingly TReggaeworld music

Combining roots reggae consciousness with a few R&B touches, Kingly T continues a knack for putting things in perspective. His “What A Gwaan” hits home…

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Some One’s Sons Paddy O cover artwork. A photo of the band.
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Keep The Mixer Going: Some One’s Sons Unveil “Paddy O”

World Music Central News Room August 13, 2025 No Comments Irish folk musicsea-shantySome One’s Sonsworld music

Irish folk quintet Some One’s Sons recently released the single “Paddy O.” The track follows an immigrant laborer’s fight against exploitation, solidarity, and perseverance. A…

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Fall For This Lineup: Shakori Hills Unveils 2025 GrassRoots Roster

World Music Central News Room August 13, 2025 No Comments BluegrassShakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Danceworld fusionworld music

Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance announced the full lineup for its 21st Annual Fall edition, set for October 2–5, 2025. Headliners include…

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The album cover for Airdan – Cosmic features a dreamlike painting of a green, humanoid creature with elongated limbs and glowing eyes, crouched beneath a massive, whale-like figure suspended in a starry, aquatic sky. Brushstrokes swirl through deep blues and greens, with white flowers blooming at the edge.
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Trad Stars Align on Àirdan’s ‘Cosmic’ Debut

World Music Central News Room August 13, 2025 No Comments ÀirdanCeltic musicScottish musicworld music

Scottish quartet Àirdan has released a contemporary trad debut album titled Cosmic. The Celtic band features Paul Sinclair (fiddle), Coll Williamson (accordion), David Lennon (guitar),…

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The album cover for Vari (The Live Sessions) features an illustration of a grand arched doorway in muted tones of teal, brick red, and navy. A black chandelier hangs from above, with leafy vines and tropical plants. The title appears at the bottom in yellow and white type.
Album reviews

Variations on a Theme: Varijashree Reimagines Her Musical Identity Live in Bengaluru

Angel Romero August 12, 2025 No Comments Indian classical musicVariVarijashree Venugopalworld fusionworld music

Varijashree – Vari (The Live Sessions) (GroundUp Music, 2025) Vari (The Live Sessions) reframes vocalist and composer Varijashree Venugopal’s 2023 studio album Vari through a…

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Photo collage with the four artists. Headline photo credits: Kiran Ahluwalia — Diaspora Arts Connection; Le Vent Du Nord — © Annie Diotte
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Robert Browning Associates Reveals Fall 2025 World Music Season

World Music Central News Room August 12, 2025 No Comments

Robert Browning Associates will celebrate 49 years of world music and dance in New York City with a focused Fall 2025 lineup at Roulette. The…

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