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    Laura Camacho Unveils Todo Tiempo Pasado — Tango Meets Britney And Kate Bush

    Laura Camacho – Todo Tiempo Pasado (Athens Tango Project, 2025) Argentine composer and orchestra bassist Laura Camacho has a new album titled Todo Tiempo Pasado…

    Iliana Cabrera March 18, 2026 No Comments
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    Boiled In Lead Comes Back with Celtic Punk Attitude

    Boiled In Lead – King of the Dogwoods (Omnium Records, 2026) Boiled In Lead’s King of the Dogwoods is the Minnesota band’s first studio release…

    Angel Romero March 16, 2026 No Comments
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    Traditional Sounds of Sivac Pipes Take Center Stage

    Maksim Mudrinić, Oskar Kovač – Made in Sivac: Serbian Music from Vojvodina (Antonovka Records, 2025) This field recording captures traditional music from Vojvodina, the autonomous…

    Tyler Bennet March 15, 2026 No Comments
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    Fearless Fiddle: Ashley MacIsaac’s Hi, How Are You Today?

    Ashley MacIsaac — Hi, How Are You Today? (A&M Records, 1995) Ashley MacIsaac’s now classic 1995 release Hi, How Are You Today? mixed the joyful…

    Ryan Emmert March 13, 2026 No Comments
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    Nyckelharpa Wizard Thomas Roth Unmasks Maskenball For 2026

    Thomas Roth – Maskenball (MIG, 2026) On Maskenball (Masquerade Ball), Thomas Roth steps into a candlelit hall of echoes. Roth, a German virtuoso on the…

    Madison Quinn March 11, 2026 No Comments
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  • Sami Yusuf playing oud.
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    Sami Yusuf’s New Album Weaves Ancient Chants Into One Global Voice

    World Music Central News Room March 18, 2026 No Comments
  • The Klezmatics - “Un Du Akerst” cover artwork. A protest poster-style cover in red, black, and off. Shows two clenched fists in broken chains rising toward a burst of shattered fragments.
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    Klezmatics Clock In With A New Protest Song

    World Music Central News Room March 17, 2026 No Comments
  • Angélique Kidjo - Photo by Brantley Gutiérrez. Angélique wearing a turban and a dress with a large flower on the shoulder.
    Music videos

    Angélique Kidjo Shares New Single “Fall On Me”

    World Music Central News Room March 15, 2026 No Comments
  • Bryan Sutton Blue Night cover artwork. A blue cover with an image of a leafless tree.
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    Bryan Sutton And Joe Bonamassa Light Up “Blue Night”

    World Music Central News Room March 14, 2026 No Comments
  • A cover on a cream background features a striped sunset in yellow behind blue palm trees and flying birds. The title “Sunshine All Year Round” curves in blue above the image, with “Celtic Roots Reggae” centered beneath it, while “Owen Casey” appears large at the bottom in yellow-and-blue lettering.
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    In the Forecast

    Tom Orr March 12, 2026 No Comments
  • Muca & Roberto Menescal Playing On The Loose Fields cover artwork. An illustration of a woman looking at a hummingbird.
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    Bossa Nova and Beauty: Muca Meets Menescal

    World Music Central News Room March 11, 2026 No Comments

Kiran Ahluwalia and her band at Globalfest 2022
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Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2022, Day 3

Angel Romero January 22, 2022 No Comments Al Bilali SoudanbaglamaglobalFEST 2022Kel Tamashek musicKiran AhluwaliaTiny Desk meets globalFESTTuareg musicTufan DerinceTufan Derince Groupworld fusionworld music

The final set of Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2022 showcases took place on Thursday, January 20 at 8:00 p.m. This was an outstanding set featuring…

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Elza Soares
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Brazilian Music Icon Elza Soares Dies at 91

World Music Central News Room January 21, 2022 1 Comment Brazilian musicElza Soaressamba

Legendary Brazilian samba and jazz vocalist Elza Soares passed away on January 20, 2022. She had a long career, that spanned decades, performing samba, jazz…

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Héctor “Tito” Matos
Obituaries

Influential Puerto Rican Percussionist Héctor “Tito” Matos Dies at 53

World Music Central News Room January 21, 2022 5 Comments Héctor “Tito” MatospanderoPuerto Rican music

Acclaimed percussionist, educator, and Puerto Rican culture disseminator Héctor “Tito” Matos passed away on January 18, 2022. Tito Matos specialized in performing and promoting two…

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cover of the album Planetário Da Gávea by Hermeto Pascoal
Album reviews

Music Sorcerer Hermeto Pascoal to Release Long Lost Live Album, Planetário Da Gávea

World Music Central News Room January 21, 2022 No Comments Brazilian musicHermeto Pascoalworld fusion

Inventive Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and composer Hermeto Pascoal is set to release his long lost live album titled “Planetário Da Gávea” in February 2022. Hermeto Pascoal…

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Son Rompe Pera with El Macha at Globalfest 2022
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Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2022, Day 2

Angel Romero January 20, 2022 No Comments Afro-ColombianCanadian musicColombian musiccumbiahip hopKombilesa MímarimbaMexican musicNorthern Creepow-wow musicSon Rompe Peraworld fusionworld music

Day 2 of the Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2022 virtual showcases took place on Wednesday, January 19 at  8:00 p.m. The event, hosted by African…

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cover of the album The Revival by Cory Henry
Album reviews

Return to Gospel Organ Roots

Angel Romero January 20, 2022 No Comments Cory Henrygospelorgan

Cory Henry – The Revival (Ground UP Music, 2016) Cory Henry is well known as one of the great keyboardists of the funk and fusion…

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Son Rompe Pera - Photo by Marc van der Aa
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Son Rompe Pera

Angel Romero January 19, 2022 No Comments cumbiamarimbaMexican musicSon Rompe Peraworld fusionworld music

Innovative Mexican marimba band Son Rompe Pera was formed by the three Gama brothers, Kacho, Kilos and Mongo. The brothers originally performed with their father…

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Bedouin Burger at globalfest 2022
Concert reviews

Tiny Desk meets globalFEST 2022, Day 1

Angel Romero January 19, 2022 No Comments Ak Dan Gwang ChilArabic musicBedouin BurgerFinnish musicKorean musicSuistamon Sähköworld fusionworld music

The first set of showcases at Tiny Desk meets globalFEST took place on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Prior to the concerts, globalFEST’s organizers hosted a…

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Ana Maria Carvalho - Photo Bruno Marques
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Ana Maria Carvalho Showcases the Music of Maranhão at Mestre dos Saberes Festival

World Music Central News Room January 19, 2022 No Comments Ana Maria CarvalhoBrazilian music

Brazilian artists Ana Maria Carvalho was one of the artists featured at the Mestre dos Saberes Festival in December 2021. Direct heiress of traditional culture…

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Lakhdar Hanou - Photo by Clémentine Hauguenois
Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Lakhdar Hanou

Angel Romero January 18, 2022 No Comments Arabic musicLakhdar HanouMiddle Eastern musicworld fusionworld music

Lakhdar Hanou is a French-Algerian composer and ud virtuoso from Toulouse. Between 1997 and 2000, he traveled to northwestern Africa and the Middle East, where…

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