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    Home Grown Finally Gets Its Moment After A COVID-19 Pause

    Matt Tighe and Tad Sargent – Home Grown (2025) Fiddler Matt Tighe and multi-instrumentalist Tad Sargent released Home Grown nearly five years after the project…

    Tyler Bennet April 22, 2026 No Comments
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    Songs Carried Across Salt Water: Memory, Exile, And The Quiet Force Of Displaced Dreams

    Michalis Kouloumis — Displaced Dreams (Seyir Muzik, 2025) In Displaced Dreams, Michalis Kouloumis articulates exile as a lived, trembling presence. The album is a precious…

    Tyler Bennet April 20, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Lovely Bengali–Mexican Folk Fusion: Donde La Tierra Canta

    Koyel Basu – Donde La Tierra Canta | যেখানে মাটি গান গায় (Where The Earth Sings) (2026) British-Bengali independent artist Koyel Basu has recently released…

    Iliana Cabrera April 19, 2026 No Comments
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    Moussa T Offers Modern Tuareg Desert Blues on Tartite

    Moussa T — Tartite (Mixto Records, 2026) With Tartite, rising Tuareg musician Moussa T delivers familiar desert blues closely associated with Tuareg music. At the…

    Angel Romero April 17, 2026 No Comments
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    Rafael Carvalho Introduces the viola da terra on A Teia Da Viola

    Rafael Carvalho – A Teia da Viola (self-release, 2025) Rafael Carvalho’s A Teia Da Viola is a delightful 10-track self-released album that celebrates the beautiful…

    Iliana Cabrera April 14, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Fatoumata Diawara — Photo by Marcello Perego. Fatoumaa wearing a blue dress and a traditonal red headdress.
    Music videos

    Fatoumata Diawara Celebrates Freedom on New Single, “Fala”

    World Music Central News Room April 22, 2026 No Comments
  • Backline Reaping the Blues cover artwork. A photo of an old 20th century tractor in a farm field.
    Music videos

    Backline Unveils New Single “Reaping the Blues”

    World Music Central News Room April 20, 2026 No Comments
  • Deanie Richardson & Kimber Ludiker Rutlands Reel cover artwork. A wooden deck and an out of focus reddish background.
    Music videos

    Deanie Richardson And Kimber Ludiker Honor Howdy Forrester On “Rutland’s Reel”

    World Music Central News Room April 19, 2026 No Comments
  • Blanca Paloma - Sentaita en la escalera (Portada) cover artwork. Blanca appears as a very small woman wearing a blue outfit sitting on a giant human hand.
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    Blanca Paloma Previews Debut Album With Sentaíta en la escalera

    World Music Central News Room April 18, 2026 No Comments
  • Bryan Sutton and Kenny Smith - Three Star Hornpipe cover artwork. A sand colored image of leafless tree branches.
    Music videos

    Bryan Sutton and Kenny Smith Reimagine “Three Star Hornpipe”

    World Music Central News Room April 17, 2026 No Comments
  • Purbayan Chatterjee & Mark Lettieri Soar cover artwork. An illustration of bird feathers.
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    Purbayan Chatterjee and Mark Lettieri Collaborate on New Single “Soar”

    World Music Central News Room April 16, 2026 No Comments

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Dany Noel

Angel Romero May 4, 2019 No Comments CubaCuban musicDany NoelFlamencosalsatimbaworld fusion

Dany Noel was born in Havana, Cuba. He began his performing career at only 8 years old singing and playing guitar. After taking up acoustic…

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Les Amazones d’Afrique Release New Single and Video: ‘Amazones Power’

World Music Central News Room May 4, 2019 No Comments African musicLes Amazones d'Afriqueworld music

Les Amazones d’Afrique have released a new single titled ‘Amazones Power‘ (Real World Records). The current lineup includes some new faces, including female musicians from…

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Events

Rudolstadt Festival Announces 2019 Program

World Music Central News Room May 3, 2019 No Comments Hamid MotebassemIranian musicRudolstadt Festivalworld music

Germany’s largest world music event, Rudolstadt Festival, will take place July 4-7, 2019. The opening concert on 4 July will be a tribute concert dedicated…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Kiki Morente

Angel Romero May 3, 2019 No Comments FlamencoKiki MorenteSpain

José Enrique Morente Carbonell, better known as “Kiki Morente” was born in 1989 in Granada, Spain. He is the son of famed flamenco singer Enrique…

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Album reviews

Eljuri Releases a Set of her Reggae Songs

Angel Romero May 2, 2019 No Comments EljuriReggae

Eljuri – Resiste – La colección Reggae de Eljuri (Manovill Records, 2019) New York-based Ecuadorian singer and guitarist Cecilia Villar Eljuri, better known as Eljuri,…

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Obituaries

Samba Star Beth Carvalho Dies at 72

World Music Central News Room May 1, 2019 No Comments Beth CarvalhoBrazilian musicsamba

Brazilian vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer Beth Carvalho died April 30, 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho, better known as Beth…

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Awards

International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Announces 2018 World Music Winners

World Music Central News Room May 1, 2019 No Comments B PrasannaHarouna SamakeInternational Songwriting CompetitionKomal RizviSubuworld music

The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced its 2018 winners. The winners in the world music category are: 1st Place Komal Rizvi Karachi, Pakistan 2nd…

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Charts

Amina by Refugees for Refugees Tops the Transglobal World Music Chart in May 2019

World Music Central News Room May 1, 2019 No Comments Refugees for Refugeesworld fusionworld music

Amina, the second album by the Belgium-based world music collective Refugees for Refugees is the number one album in the May 2019 Transglobal World Music…

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Album reviews

The Experimental Side of Sheila Chandra

Madanmohan Rao May 1, 2019 No Comments Indian musicSheila Chandraworld fusion

Sheila Chandra – This Sentence is True (EMI/Narada, 2001) Sheila Chandra, the Anglo-Indian singer who released a number of synth-pop albums in the 1980s, is…

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Events

KCRW’s World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl to Present Reggae Night XVIII

World Music Central News Room April 30, 2019 No Comments Damian MarleyKabaka PyramidReggaeThird World

The 2019 KCRW World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl will present Reggae Night XVIII on Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The artists featured…

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