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    Christopher Sánchez Mixes Latin Jazz and Opera on New Album

    Christopher Sánchez — Latin Jazz Meets Opera (Zoho ZM 202601, 2026) Christopher Sánchez’s Latin Jazz Meets Opera traces the singer’s personal and musical journey from…

    Iliana Cabrera June 21, 2026 No Comments
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    Fatoumata Diawara’s Massa Integrates Reflection, Identity, and Hooky Sounds

    Fatoumata Diawara – Massa (NØ FØRMAT!, 2026) On Massa, Fatoumata Diawara trades the earthy pulse of Malian tradition for a polished pop framework that rarely…

    Madison Quinn June 20, 2026 No Comments
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    March To August Share Fascinating Stories on Concept Album Highway 75

    March To August — Highway 75 (self-released, 2026) March To August’s Highway 75 is a concept album that follows the fictional life of a long-haul…

    Ryan Emmert June 17, 2026 No Comments
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    Traveler Amalgamates Rock and Global Traditions on Out of the Dust

    Traveler — Out of the Dust (2019) Traveler released Out of the Dust in 2019. It is a studio album designed to capture the energy…

    Ryan Emmert June 14, 2026 No Comments
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    Azuka Moweta Honors Asaba Highlife Roots On Kenechukwu

    Azuka Moweta — Kenechukwu (Palenque, 2026) Nigerian singer Azuka Moweta performs in Igbo on Kenechukwu, with his Anioma Brothers Band of Africa. The project weaves…

    Madison Quinn June 11, 2026 No Comments
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    Rodrigo y Gabriela Team With Naoki Urasawa for New “Monster” Video

    World Music Central News Room June 21, 2026 No Comments
  • Wesley Noog Pródigo cover artwork. A cover with intricate circular patterns, reds, oranges, browns, and teal accents.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Samba Royalty

    Tom Orr June 19, 2026 No Comments
  • An Art Nouveau–inspired illustration on a red background. At the center stands a nude woman with flowing blonde hair, holding a red heart-like object to her chest and flowers at her waist. She is framed by a circular black field filled with red poppies and gray botanical motifs. White geometric lines surround the figure, while the text “WOMANKIND” arches across the top and “WOMAN POWER OF LOVE” appears along the bottom and side.
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    It Takes All Kinds

    Tom Orr June 17, 2026 No Comments
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    New and Old from Portugal

    Tom Orr June 15, 2026 No Comments
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    A Fania Favorite

    Tom Orr June 13, 2026 No Comments
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    The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys Return With “Bottom of a Glass”

    World Music Central News Room June 11, 2026 No Comments

The single cover shows a design with a dark red-to-black gradient background. At the top, a simple white line drawing depicts a person falling backward. Below, the outlined word “MAL” appears in large block letters.
Music videos

Harp player MAL Unveils “Connadh”

World Music Central News Room September 13, 2025 No Comments Celtic musicMalachy Arnoldworld music

Glasgow-based Celtic music harper Malachy Arnold, known as MAL, has unveiled his latest single, “Connadh.” Arnold began playing harp at age five, inspired by his…

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The album cover for Al-hambra features a beige background with abstract line art and faint Moorish design. The title “Al-hambra” appears in bold stylized lettering that combines red and green tones, with “oud & flamenco guitar” written beneath it. Along the bottom, colorful brushstrokes in red, green, and gold form a cityscape, with the artists’ names, Ahmed Mukhtar and Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde, displayed in green.
Album reviews

Strings of a Feather

Tom Orr September 13, 2025 No Comments Ahmed MukhtarArabic musicFlamencoIgnacio Lusardi Monteverdeworld fusionworld music

Ahmed Mukhtar and Lusardi Monteverde – Al-hambra (ARC Music, 2025) Flamenco guitar and the Arabic lute known as the oud go together like, well, feel…

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The single cover for Nora McNally by Greg Blake features a painted landscape of seaside cliffs with green fields above and waves breaking along the shore below. The artist’s name, Greg Blake, appears at the top in dark green, while the song title, Nora McNally, is written in a handwritten-style script across a dark band near the bottom.
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Down The Emerald Aisle: Greg Blake Unveils “Nora McNally”

World Music Central News Room September 13, 2025 No Comments BluegrassGreg Blakeworld music

Greg Blake, an award-winning bluegrass vocalist and guitarist, has released “Nora McNally,” his new single. Songwriter Milan Miller wrote the track. The song is a…

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Guitari Baro standing by a wall holding their musical instruments - Photo by Carolina Vallejo
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Key Move: Chrysalis Global Launches ‘Guitari Baro’

World Music Central News Room September 12, 2025 No Comments Gaoussou KouyatéGuinean musicGuitari BaroKerfala DiabatéLassana DiabatéMalian musicworld music

(headline image: Guitari Baro – Photo by Carolina Vallejo) Chrysalis Records has launched its Chrysalis Global imprint with an instrumental debut, Guitari Baro (Guitar Conversations),…

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Kayhan Kalhor playing kamancha © Liudmilla Jefferies for Morgenland Festival Osnabrueck
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Kayhan Kalhor to Bring Rare Persian Classical Concert to New York

World Music Central News Room September 12, 2025 No Comments Kayhan KalhorPersian classical musicworld music

(headline image: Kayhan Kalhor © Liudmilla Jefferies for Morgenland Festival Osnabrueck) Iranian kamancha virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor will return to New York City for a rare…

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The album cover features geometric Arabic calligraphy in black against a light background, creating a block-like design. In the top right corner, a pink emblem with the words “Saha Gnawa” in both Arabic and English.
Album reviews

Saha Gnawa Channels Spellbinding Gnawa Roots Into Future Sound

Angel Romero September 12, 2025 No Comments GnawaSaha Gnawaworld music

Saha Gnawa – Saha Gnawa (Pique-Nique Recordings, 2025) Saha Gnawa is a Brooklyn-based ensemble that combines transfixing Moroccan Gnawa music with jazz, from New York’s…

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Solo Diarra – Yimenga cover artwork. A black and white profile photo of the artist.
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Yimenga, Solo Debut by Solo Diarra

Angel Romero September 11, 2025 No Comments Burkina FasoBurkinan musicSolo Diarraworld music

Solo Diarra – Yimenga (Global Sonics GS06125, 2025) Yimenga is the debut solo album of Burkinan multi-instrumentalist Solo Diarra. Yimenga means “Be Yourself” in Bambara.…

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The Mountain music of Greg Blake

Angel Romero September 10, 2025 No Comments BluegrassGreg Blakeworld music

Greg Blake was born and raised in the mountains of West Virginia. His voice carries the spirit of generations of mountain singers. His vocal style…

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The single cover shows a pastel illustration of a roadside motel with pink walls, green doors, and simple shrubs. In the foreground, a figure wearing a wide-brimmed red hat relaxes in a bright blue swimming pool. The title East Nash Grass – Hill Country Highway appears at the bottom in bold lettering.
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Grass Routes: East Nash Grass Rolls Out “Hill Country Highway”

World Music Central News Room September 10, 2025 No Comments BluegrassEast Nash Grassworld music

East Nash Grass released “Hill Country Highway,” the final single on its new album. The track follows a road-weary narrator and focuses on the strain…

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Album reviews

Desert Dreaming: Warlpiri Wisdom Meets Minimal Electronica

Tyler Bennet September 10, 2025 No Comments

Crown and Country – Crown and Country (ABC Music and Akuphone, 2025) Crown and Country is an ambitious audiovisual project that fuses ancestral Warlpiri ceremony with…

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