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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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  • 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
    Music videos

    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.
    Music videos

    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

Hamid El Kasri playing guimbri
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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! banner. A photo of two qawwali singers.
Events

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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Senny Camara playing kora
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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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Kamilya Jubran profile - Photo by Juri Hiensch
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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.
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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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Aynur
Events

Aynur to Headline Barbican Show April 2, 2026

World Music Central News Room October 5, 2025 No Comments AynurKurdish musicworld music

Aynur will headline a show at Barbican in London on 2 April 2026, part of her first UK tour slated for spring 2026. Recognized as…

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The album cover shows a man in a hat and vest running along a surreal road made of piano keys, leading into a scene with glowing orbs and stars. Floating instruments—double bass, saxophone, trumpet, and bongos—surround him, while the title “Latin Crossroads 2” appears at the bottom.
Album reviews

A New Set of Standards: Gino Amato’s “Latin Crossroads 2”

Iliana Cabrera October 5, 2025 No Comments Gino AmatoLatin jazzworld fusion

Gino Amato – Latin Crossroads 2 (Ovation Records, 2025) Gino Amato doubles down on his passion for Latin Jazz on Latin Crossroads 2, co-produced with…

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