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    Spellbinding Shadow Folk: Antinoë Bends Darkness On ‘The Fold’

    Antinoë – The Fold (Dark Essence Records, 2025) Antinoë presents The Fold, a hauntingly beautiful chamber-like convergence of neoclassical folk, melancholy pop, progressive rock-style arrangements…

    Angel Romero January 13, 2026 No Comments
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    Young Flowers Reclaims Kazakh Roots in Russia

    Various Artists – Young Flowers: Music of Kazakhs from Orenburg Region (Antonovka Records, 2024) On Young Flowers, a field recording compilation from the Adamovsky district…

    Tyler Bennet January 12, 2026 No Comments
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    Chicago Songwriter Dana Maragos Goes National With Unimaginable Things

    Dana Maragos – Unimaginable Things (Dana Maragos, 2025) Dana Maragos released Unimaginable Things nationwide on December 12, 2025. The album first came out as a…

    Ryan Emmert January 11, 2026 No Comments
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    Joy In Motion: Júlia Kozáková’s Manuša II Celebrates Romani Roots

    Júlia Kozáková – Manuša II (CPL-Music, 2025) With Manuša II, Slovak singer Júlia Kozáková extends her Manuša project that centers on Romani (Gypsy) music from…

    JGurski January 8, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Galaxia Tropical Puts Ranil Back In Orbit

    Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical – Galaxia Tropical – Analog Africa no. 43 (Analog Africa, 2026) Analog Africa will release Galaxia Tropical, a new compilation…

    Iliana Cabrera January 5, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Congolese French Connection

    Tom Orr January 13, 2026 No Comments
  • Bass & Riddim Workshop What We Have cover artwork. an image of palm trees over an orange red background.
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    Romanian Riddim

    Tom Orr January 12, 2026 No Comments
  • Della Mae Magic Accident cover artwork. a phyo of the four women wearing colorful pants and shirts including pik, red, blue and orange.
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    Della Mae Grow Their “Family Tree”

    World Music Central News Room January 11, 2026 No Comments
  • A landscape fills the frame, where soft desert dunes fade into a pastel horizon beneath a vast, curved celestial form.
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    Altın Gün Revives A Turkish Folk Classic With “Neredesin Sen”

    World Music Central News Room January 8, 2026 No Comments
  • A Havana street stretches into the distance, lined with pastel colonial buildings and a row of brightly colored 1950s American cars rolling forward in formation.
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    A Mountain of Cuban Roots

    Tom Orr January 7, 2026 No Comments
  • The Dark Clouds single cover presents a landscape under storm clouds illustrated in carved lines. A streak of red suggests a winding path or road cutting through dark terrain, while a thin glow of light breaks through the heavy blue and black sky. The title appears in white lettering at the center, with Jesse Smathers’ name placed in the lower right corner.
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    Jesse Smathers Chases The Light On New Single “Dark Clouds”

    World Music Central News Room December 26, 2025 No Comments

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Wild Fire Music Troupe

Angel Romero December 31, 2017 No Comments TaiwanTaiwanese musicWild Fire Music Troupe

Wild Fire Music Troupe is a group of Taiwanese indigenous musicians from various and diverse music traditions. The musicians create their own unique music based…

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Artist Profiles: UB40

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments ReggaeUB40United Kingdom

For several decades, UB40 have been popularizing reggae around the globe. UB40’s fortune changed at the beginning of 1980. They had spent many years performing…

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Artist Profiles: Waed Bouhassoune

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments Arabic musicSyriaSyrian musicWaed Bouhassoune

Syrian singer and ‘ud player Waed Bouhassoune was born in 1979. She has a voice of such quality that is rarely encountered one of the…

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Artist Profiles: Tommy Martin

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments bagpipeCeltic musicIrelandIrish musicTommy Martin

Tommy Martin was born in Dublin, Ireland and currently lives in the United States. He took his first uilleann pipes lesson from Dublin piper Mick…

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Artist Profiles: War

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments funkJazzR&BrockUnited States of AmericaWar

War is an American band that mixes funk, jazz, R&B and rock. The group has sold more than 5 million albums worldwide and been honored…

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Artist Profiles: Vassar Clements

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments BluegrassbluescountryfiddleJazzpoprockUnited States of Americawestern swing

Vassar Clements was one the United States’ most versatile fiddle players. His career began at a very early age. His phenomenal ability to virtually play…

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Artist Profiles: Vas

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 1 Comment Azam AliUnited States of AmericaVasworld fusion

Vas the Latin word for vessel was a collaboration between Persian born vocalist Azam Ali and American percussionist Greg Ellis. They met at a Master…

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Artist Profiles: Toubab Krewe

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments Malian musicToubab KreweUnited States of Americaworld fusion

Toubab Krewe is an instrumental quintet based in Asheville, North Carolina that fuses West African music with American rock. The five members who are childhood…

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Masterful Recreations of Carnatic Ragas by Akshara

Angel Romero December 30, 2017 No Comments AksharaCarnatic musicIndian musicworld fusion

Akshara – In Time (Blue Skinned God Records, 2017) In Time is the debut album by Akshara, a world fusion ensemble rooted in Carnatic music…

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Artist Profiles: Toshi Reagon

Angel Romero December 29, 2017 No Comments American folk musicgospelToshi ReagonUnited States of America

Born in Atlanta and raised in Washington DC, Toshi Reagon cites her musical abilities from her family. Both parents belonged to SNCC’s (Student Non-Violent Coordinating…

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