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    Sky Smeed Turns The Rock House Into a Happy and Welcoming Home on New Live Album

    Sky Smeed – Live at the Rock House (2026) Sky Smeed has released his 10th album, Live at the Rock House, a live recording captured…

    Ryan Emmert April 24, 2026 No Comments
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    Guzheng Master Bei Bei Charms with Innovative Two Moons Album

    Bei Bei – Two Moons (Bei Bei Time Productions, 2026) Chinese guzheng star Bei Bei has a new album titled Two Moons, a 2026 collaborative…

    Angel Romero April 23, 2026 No Comments
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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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    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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    Staran Join Forces With Julie Fowlis on New Single “Duan Callaig”

    World Music Central News Room April 23, 2026 No Comments
  • Fatoumata Diawara — Photo by Marcello Perego. Fatoumaa wearing a blue dress and a traditonal red headdress.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Bryan Sutton and Kenny Smith Reimagine “Three Star Hornpipe”

    World Music Central News Room April 17, 2026 No Comments

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Camarón de la Isla

Angel Romero January 18, 2019 No Comments Camarón de la IslaFlamencoSpain

“You only had to listen to Camarón once to know that he was a genius” – Paco de Lucía. Camarón de la Isla was one…

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Urna and Kroke, a Well-Designed Collaboration

TJ Nelson January 18, 2019 No Comments KrokeUrnaworld music

Urna and Kroke – Ser (Urna Chahar-Tugchi / Uct, 2018) One would think that teaming up a singer born to nomadic herders on the Ordos…

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Events

Anouar Brahem to Perform Blue Maqams in London

Angel Romero January 18, 2019 No Comments Anouar BrahemArabic musicJazzKit Downesoudud

Tunisian composer and oud maestro is set to perform on Friday, March 15, 2019 at Barbican Hall in London. The concert draws together Brahem’s profound…

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Artist Profiles: Buika

Angel Romero January 17, 2019 No Comments AfropopBuikasoulSpainworld fusion

Buika (pronounced BWEE-kah) was born Concha Buika on the Spanish island of Mallorca, to parents who arrived to Spain as political exiles from Equatorial Guinea.…

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Artist Profiles: Biella Nuei

Angel Romero January 17, 2019 No Comments Aragonese musicBiella NueiSpainSpanish music

Since 1984 Biella Nuei have been studying, recovering, expanding and popularizing traditional music from Aragon, a region situated in the north of Spain, below the…

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Artist Profiles: Berrogüetto

Angel Romero January 17, 2019 No Comments BerrogüettoCeltic musicGalician musicSpainSpanish music

Berrogüetto was a crucial band in the Galician folk music scene. The six members of the band had great careers before starting this project, as…

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Artist Profiles: Bernarda de Utrera

Angel Romero January 17, 2019 No Comments Bernarda de UtreraFlamencoSpain

Bernarda de Utrera was born Bernarda Jiménez Peña in 1927, in Utrera, near Seville. She came from a legendary family of Flamenco performers. Bernarda was…

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Artist Profiles: Beselch Rodríguez

Angel Romero January 17, 2019 No Comments Beselch RodríguezSpainSpanish musictimple

Beselch Rodríguez was born in La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands. He has become one of the leading timple performers in Spain. The timple is a…

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Events

Tuareg guitar Hero Mdou Moctar to Perform at Gramps in Miami

World Music Central News Room January 17, 2019 No Comments desert bluesMdou MoctarTuareg music

One of the rising stars of Tuareg desert blues, Mdou Moctar, is set to perform on Friday, January 18, 2019 at Gramps in Miami. Nigerien…

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A celebration of the Divine Feminine in Song This Friday in San Francisco

World Music Central News Room January 17, 2019 No Comments KitkaMedieval musicVajra Voicesworld music

Sixteen of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most captivating voices in early, ethnic, and new music will gather together to celebrate nearly 1000 years of…

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