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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

  • Vaiano’s Paisanos cover artwork. A hand-drawn, rustic illustration shows a communal table set with bread, oranges, herbs, wine, and simple dishes. A violin and guitar lie among the food
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    Vaiano’s Paisanos Recreate the Stringband Music of Early 20th Century New York

    World Music Central News Room March 21, 2026 No Comments
  • 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.
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    Bryan Sutton And Joe Bonamassa Light Up “Blue Night”

    World Music Central News Room March 14, 2026 No Comments

Album reviews

Mending Through Music

Tom Orr June 4, 2021 No Comments AfropopCarola OrtizDobet GnahoréKorean musicLia SampaiThe Gugak Jazz Societyworld fusion

The global pandemic (which is what I most often hear it called) has, at the least, changed the plans of many and at the most…

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New CDs and digital releases

Acclaimed Brazilian Composer João Donato Returns with new Collaboration

World Music Central News Room June 4, 2021 No Comments Brazilian musicJoão DonatoLatin jazzworld jazz

Jazz Is Dead’s Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad have recorded an album with legendary Brazilian musician João Donato, one of the great innovators of…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Acoustic Syndicate

Angel Romero June 3, 2021 No Comments Acoustic SyndicateAmerican folk musicBluegrassUnited States of America

North Carolina band Acoustic Syndicate has been making a unique mix of bluegrass instruments, rock sensibilities, and conscious songwriting since 1992. Their style is sometimes…

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Piano Virtuoso Alex Conde Revisits Bud Powell Via Flamenco on Descarga for Bud

Angel Romero June 3, 2021 No Comments Alex CondeFlamencoflamenco jazzflamenco pianopiano

Alex Conde – Descarga for Bud (Sedajazz, 2021) Spanish pianist, composer, arranger, and educator Alex Conde takes the music of influential American jazz pianist Bud…

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New Releases

Ghana’s Ahemaa Nwomkro to Release ‘Nsem Nyinaa Nyame / Nana Kodajaven’

World Music Central News Room June 3, 2021 No Comments Ahemaa NwomkroGhanaian musicHighlife

‘Nsem Nyinaa Nyame / Nana Kodajaven‘ (Philophon) is the title of the new single from Ghanaian act Aheema Nwomkro. Victoria Osei and Theresa Owusuaa are…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Carminho

Angel Romero June 2, 2021 No Comments CarminhofadoPortugalPortuguese musicworld music

Portuguese fado singer and songwriter Maria do Carmo Carvalho Rebelo de Andrade, better known as Carminho, was born August 20, 1984. She grew up in…

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Artist Profiles: Alex Conde

Angel Romero June 2, 2021 No Comments Alex CondeFlamencoflamenco jazzflamenco pianoSpainSpanish music

Acclaimed Flamenco jazz pianist Alex Conde was born in Valencia, Spain. He grew up in a musical family and started playing piano at the age…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Melingo

Angel Romero June 2, 2021 No Comments ArgentinaArgentine musicMelingorocktango

Daniel Melingo, better known as Melingo, was born in 1957 in the Buenos Aires district of Parque Patricios, a legendary place for tango. At the…

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New Polish Folk Band Zawierucha Releases OberTany

World Music Central News Room June 2, 2021 1 Comment Polish musicZawierucha

A new Polish contemporary folk music band called Zawierucha (pronounced za-veeah-roo-ha) has released an album titled OberTany. The group has released the experimental dance music…

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Events

World Environment Day 2021 Concert featuring Rocky Dawuni, Dave Mathews & Many More on June 4

World Music Central News Room June 2, 2021 No Comments Rocky DawuniWorld Environment Day

World Environment Day in 2021 will be celebrated by Ghanaian musician Rocky Dawuni along with a legendary line up of artists including Patti Smith, Ben…

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