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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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  • Album reviews

    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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    Oumou Sangaré’s Ko Sira Brought Wassulu Power To The World Stage

    Oumou Sangare – Ko Sira (World Circuit/Rounder, 1993) Malian singer Oumou Sangaré cemented her international profile with Ko Sira, her second widely distributed release, delivered…

    Madison Quinn February 13, 2026 No Comments
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    Taking the Fifth

    La Cumbia Chicharra – Quinto Mundo (Music Box Publishing, 2025) Two of the innumerable things I’m no good at are defining what exactly is meant…

    Tom Orr February 13, 2026 No Comments
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  • 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.
    Music videos

    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
  • Lucie Hendry Ashes cover artwork. An illustration of a swan or heron and green sprouts growing from a pile of ashes.
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    Lucie Hendry Ashes, a Space Between Chaos and Anticipation

    World Music Central News Room February 12, 2026 No Comments
  • Two men in suits stand waist-deep in the sea, facing away from each other. One wears a strange helmet and holds a device, while the other carries bright cleaning gloves. Centered text above them reads “Wallbreaker” with the artists’ names beneath it.
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    Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell Roll Out “Wallbreaker”

    World Music Central News Room February 11, 2026 No Comments

Artist Profiles

Sufi Musician Juman Latif

Angel Romero October 6, 2025 No Comments Juman LatifPakistanPakistani musicshah jo raagSufi musicworld music

Juman Latif, also known as Fakir Juman Shah, after the term for a Muslim ascetic, is a Sufi musician and educator from the Sindh region…

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Ghalia Benali
Artist Profiles

 Tunisian Tarab Composer and Vocalist Ghalia Benali

Angel Romero October 6, 2025 No Comments Arabic musicGhalia BenalitarabTunisiaTunisian musicworld music

Ghalia Benali is a singer, composer, actress, dancer and visual artist from Tunisia. Her work as a singer is predominantly concerned with innovating within the…

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Master Gnawa Musician Hamid El Kasri

Angel Romero October 6, 2025 No Comments GnawaHamid El KasriMoroccan musicMoroccoworld music

Hamid El Kasri (Morocco) is a singer and guimbri player from Ksar El Kebir, Morocco. He is also regarded as a maâlem (master musician) in…

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Gaëlle Bagot & Juan Manuel Nieto - Jardin d’ailleurs cover artwork. Wavy abstract design with greens and blues.
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Borderless Bloom: Bagot and Nieto Cultivate a Garden of Sound

Iliana Cabrera October 6, 2025 No Comments Gaëlle BagotJuan Manuel Nieto

Gaëlle Bagot & Juan Manuel Nieto – Jardin d’ailleurs (MusiqueLive / InOuïe Distribution, 2025) French clarinetist and vocalist Gaëlle Bagot and Ecuadorian pianist Juan Manuel…

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For The Love Of God: Qawwali And Gospel Converge At Town Hall

World Music Central News Room October 6, 2025 No Comments Damien SneedgospelqawwaliUstad Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad Qawwal Brothersworld music

The Town Hall and Vagabond Media announced For The Love Of God!, a cross-tradition concert set for Thursday, October 30, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at…

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Farah Kaddour playing buzuq
Artist Profiles

 Lebanese Buzuq Player Farah Kaddour

Angel Romero October 5, 2025 No Comments Arabic musicFarah KaddourLebanese musicLebanonworld music

Farah Kaddour is a buzuq player, composer, and music scholar based in Beirut who integrates her artistic practice into music related projects as a program…

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Kora Player and guitarist Senny Camara

Angel Romero October 5, 2025 No Comments SenegalSenegalese musicworld music

Senny Camara is a kora and guitar player, singer, composer, and sound engineer from Senegal. Camara fell in love with the kora at seven years…

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Artist Profiles

Kamilya Jubran, Palestinian singer, songwriter, and Multi-Instrumentalist

Angel Romero October 5, 2025 No Comments Arabic musicKamilya Jubranoudworld music

(headline image: Kamilya Jubran – Photo by Juri Hiensch) Kamilya Jubran was born in 1962 in Acre (Akka) to Palestinian parents. Her father, Elias, taught…

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Greek Oud Maestro Kyriakos Kalaidzidis

Angel Romero October 5, 2025 No Comments En ChordaisKyriakos Kalaidzidisoudworld fusionworld music

(headline image: Kyriakos Kalaitzidis – Photo by Foteini Kalaitzidou) Kyriakos Kalaidzidis (Greece) is an oud player, composer, and music scholar. Kalaidzidis is the artistic director…

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Alex Zind Tango de L’Amour cover artwork. The silhouettes of a couple (man and woman) dancing tango.
Music videos Single reviews

Extra Tangy

Tom Orr October 5, 2025 No Comments Alex Zindtangoworld fusionworld music

He’s from Germany, but Alex Zind also brings flavors from Argentina, France, and the Caribbean to “Tango de L’Amour,” a piece of tango fusion that,…

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