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    Benedicte Maurseth’s Mirra Follows the Call of the Wild

    Benedicte Maurseth – Mirra (Hubro, 2025) With Mirra (2025), Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player and composer Benedicte Maurseth deepens her exploration of sound, landscape, and ecology.…

    Madison Quinn March 20, 2026 No Comments
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    Dub Will Keep Us Together, Nick Page’s Final Dub Colossus Album

    Dub Colossus – Dub Will Keep Us Together (Real World X, 2026) Dub Will Keep Us Together is the final Dub Colossus album to feature…

    Angel Romero March 19, 2026 No Comments
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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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Featured News

  • Transglobal Underground - Doin’ the Moonshine cover artwork. A photo of a large barn next to a windmill.
    Music videos

    Transglobal Underground Returns With “Doin’ the Moonshine” Twist

    World Music Central News Room March 19, 2026 No Comments
  • Sami Yusuf playing oud.
    Music videos

    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.
    Music videos

    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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    Tom Orr March 12, 2026 No Comments

Events

Global Arts Live Announces Return of In-Person Concerts

World Music Central News Room June 23, 2021 No Comments Mdou MoctarTinariwen

World music presenter Global Arts Live has announced the return of in-person concerts. The Boston-area organization revealed some of the artists scheduled to perform in…

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Events

Streaming Concert by Panamanian World Music Act Kaomi

World Music Central News Room June 23, 2021 No Comments KaomiLatin American musicPanamanian musicworld fusionworld music

Kaomi, a Panamanina world music trio featuring top singer-songwriters, is set to perform on Friday, June 25, 2021 at 3:00 pm Panama time (EST) from…

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New Releases

Acoustic Syndicate Recreates Grateful Dead’s Bertha

World Music Central News Room June 22, 2021 No Comments Acoustic SyndicateAmericanaBluegrass

North Carolina-based Acoustic Syndicate has unveiled a recreation of the Grateful Dead’s song “Bertha”(Organic Records). “‘Bertha’ is one of the essential feel-good, toe-tapping Grateful Dead…

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Album reviews

The Spellbinding Songs of Sinikka Langeland

Angel Romero June 21, 2021 No Comments kanteleNordic musicNorwegian folk musicScandinavian folk musicSinikka Langeland

Sinikka Langeland – Wolf Rune (ECM, 2021) Norwegian composer, songwriter, vocalist and kantele player Sinikka Langeland continues to deliver delightful and mesmerizing music with her…

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Events

Madrid’s Summer Season Veranos de la Villa Announces 2021 Concerts

World Music Central News Room June 21, 2021 No Comments FlamencoSpanish musicVeranos de la Villaworld music

The 37th edition of Veranos de la Villa has revealed the list of artists scheduled to perform live in-person in Madrid, Spain this summer. The…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Toko Telo

Angel Romero June 20, 2021 No Comments D’GaryMadagascan musicMonika NjavaRégis GizavoToko Telo

Toko Telo was Madagascan supergroup that included three of the finest artists from the island country: D’Gary, Monika Njava, and Régis Gizavo. The celebrated performers…

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Interviews

DPretty Brings the Heartbeat of Change

Dorothy Johnson-Laird June 20, 2021 No Comments Congolese musicDPretty

There’s nothing more uplifting than listening to a beautiful love song while living through Covid.  “Boom Keke” is such a song.  It was released in…

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Music videos

Mascarimiri, Salento’s Tradinnovazione Band

World Music Central News Room June 20, 2021 No Comments Italian musicMascarimiripizzica

Mascarimiri, southern Italy’s pizzica salentina innovators, have a music video titled “Mareina.” The group’s sound reflects the melting pot of Salento (Apulia, Italy) a land…

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Music videos

Bluesman Cedric Burnside Presents “Pretty Flowers” Video

World Music Central News Room June 19, 2021 No Comments bluesCedric Burnside

Mississippi Hill Country bluesman Cedric Burnside continues to release music videos with songs from his upcoming album “I Be Trying.” His new single is titled…

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Awards

Astola y Ratón Win Best Flamenco Album Award at the 2021 MIN Awards

World Music Central News Room June 18, 2021 No Comments Astola y RatónFlamenco

The album Rock de Palo (El Volcán Música, 2020) from Spanish duo Astola y Ratón is the winner of the 2021 MIN Awards, Spain’s top…

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