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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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    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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  • 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

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Emerging Korean Composer Presents Her First Album

Angel Romero December 26, 2017 No Comments Cho JungonkyuKim BoraKorean musicLee Go WoonLee JinSeol

Lee Go Woon – Leegowoon’s First Piece (Joeun Music, 2017) Leegowoon’s First Piece is the debut album by Korean composer Lee Go Woon (이고운). The…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: The Lee Boys

Angel Romero December 25, 2017 No Comments bluessacred steelThe Lee BoysUnited States of America

Part of the “Sacred Steel” movement, Florida band the Lee Boys (most of whom are related) put pedal steel guitar at the front of their…

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Artist Profiles: Finlay MacDonald

Angel Romero December 25, 2017 No Comments bagpipeFinlay MacDonaldScotlandScottish music

Finlay MacDonald was born in 1978. He is a Scottish bagiper and composer. Finlay MacDonald started learning the highland bagpipe at the age of ten…

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Artist Profiles: The Dillards

Angel Romero December 25, 2017 No Comments BluegrassThe DillardsUnited States of America

The Dillards’ Rodney Dillard (guitar) and Douglas Dillard (banjo) grew up playing music with their family and friends including a teenaged John Hartford in Missouri.…

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Artist Profiles: Dan Tyminski

Angel Romero December 25, 2017 No Comments BluegrassDan TyminskiUnited States of America

Dan Tyminski was born on June 20, 1967 in Rutland, Vermont. He is one of the most recognizable and popular male vocalists in bluegrass. Since…

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Artist Profiles: The Blind Boys of Alabama

Angel Romero December 25, 2017 1 Comment gospelThe Blind Boys of AlabamaUnited States of America

Formed in the late 1930s, The Blind Boys of Alabama predate Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Al Green. While a huge gospel sensation back in…

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Artist Profiles: The Campbell Brothers

Angel Romero December 24, 2017 No Comments gospelsacred steelThe Campbell BrothersUnited States of America

The Campbell Brothers, from Rush, New York, perform Sacred Steel: African-American gospel music with electric steel guitar and vocals. This tradition is just now emerging…

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Forest of the Saints

Madanmohan Rao December 24, 2017 No Comments Goa Giltrance music

Goa Gil – Forest of the Saints (EMI) Goa Gil is a San Francisco musician, DJ and party organiser now based in Goa. He is…

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Going Deeper into the Banjo

Angel Romero December 23, 2017 No Comments AmericanabanjoBluegrass

Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn – Echo in the Valley (Rounder, 2017) Echo in the Valley is the second album by husband and wife duo…

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Harini Raghavan, Chennai Talent on the Rise

Angel Romero December 23, 2017 No Comments Harini RaghavanIndian musicRiniviolin

Rini – Maya (December 8, 2017) New York-based Indian vocalist, violinist and composer Harini “Rini” Raghavan delivers an exquisite combination of Indian music with electronica,…

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