Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin at the Top of the January 2019 Transglobal World Music Chart
The album Karin (Muziekpublique) by duduk player Vardan Hovanissian (Armenia) and saz virtuoso Emre Gültek (Belgium, with roots in Turkey) is the number one recording…
Sara Correia, the New Traditional Fado Sensation
Sara Correia – Sara Correia (Universal Music Portugal, 2018) Sara Correia is a young vocalist who is attracting a lot of attention in the traditional…
New Single from Te Vaka’s Olivia Foa’i
Olivia Foa’i’s 2nd single “My Way” goes back to her Polynesian roots while still maintaining a mainstream feel. A bilingual Tokelauan-English track, “My Way” displays…
Artist Profiles: Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble
In the early 1970s, Dmitri Pokrovsky was a student of conducting at Moscow’s Gnessin Pedagogical Institute of Music. Frustrated with the current musical scene, he…
The Best World Music Albums of 2018
World Music Central has compiled the list of best world music albums of 2018 selected by our editors and contributors as well as our partners…
Artist Profiles: Julia Vorontsova
Julia Vorontsova was born in St. Petersburg Russia in 1982. After studying violin and piano for three years at St. Petersburg State Music School she…
Artist Profiles: Karelian Folk Music Ensemble
The Karelian Folk Music Ensemble (KPME) is the only touring group of musicians playing traditional folk songs and instrumentals of Karelia, a large region that…
Artist Profiles: Myllarit
Myllärit was a seven person, 16 instrument Karelian-Finnish vocal and instrumental folk band from Russia. The group came together in 1992, an outgrowth of the…
Artist Profiles: Nikolay Oorzhak
Nikolay Oorzhak was born in December 1949, in the small village Khorum-Dag in western Tuva. After graduating from high school in 1964, he worked for…
Artist Profiles: Svetilen
The ensemble of ancient Russian music Svetilen was formed in 1989 to preserve the old Russian vocal tradition. This style is reflected in two types…