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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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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

Album reviews

Desert Visions

Madanmohan Rao December 22, 2017 No Comments Indian musicnew agePrem Joshua

Prem Joshua – Desert Visions (New Earth Records/Music Today, 1995) This CD showcases New Age guru Prem Joshua’s versatile multi-instrumental skills. The lineup also includes…

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Tókalo: Flamenco Percussion Celebration in Madrid

World Music Central News Room December 21, 2017 No Comments cajónFlamencopercussion

Flamenco percussionists and students will celebrate the cajón with Tókalo, on December 22 at the Galileo Galilei venue in Madrid. The cajón flamenco is a…

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Syrian Kanun Dreams

Angel Romero December 21, 2017 No Comments Arabic musickanunmaqamMaya YoussefSyrian musicworld fusion

Maya Youssef ‎- Syrian Dreams (Harmonia Mundi, 2017) ‎ Syrian Dreams brings together Arabic and western classical music traditions as well as other influences like…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Terrance Simien

Angel Romero December 20, 2017 No Comments Terrance SimienUnited States of AmericaZydeco

Terrance Simien has one of the best voices in Zydeco and an outstanding live performer. He showers his audiences with handfuls of authentic Mardi Gras…

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Artist Profiles: Tenzin Choegyal

Angel Romero December 20, 2017 No Comments IndiaTibetan music

Tenzin was born in the remote Himalayas, as his parents were fleeing Tibet in the early 1970s. He grew up in the Tibetan refugee community…

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Artist Profiles: Tempest

Angel Romero December 20, 2017 No Comments Celtic musicCeltic rockTempestUnited States of America

Tempest is an American Celtic rock band founded by vocalist and mandolin player Lief Sorbye, drummer Adolfo Lazo, guitarist Rob Wullenjohn, and bassist Mark Showalter.…

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Artist Profiles: Techung

Angel Romero December 20, 2017 1 Comment IndiaTechungTibetan music

Techung is a prominent Tibetan singer-songwriter living in exile in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is best known for his performances of traditional Tibetan…

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Artist Profiles: Tejedor

Angel Romero December 20, 2017 No Comments Celtic musicSpainSpanish musicTejedor

Tejedor is led by three siblings from Avilés, a town in the northernmost Spanish region of Asturias. The group members devoted their lives to Asturian…

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Album reviews

Rozina Pátkai’s Paradise

Angel Romero December 20, 2017 No Comments bossa novaBrazilian musicRozina Pátkai

Rozina Pátkai ‎- Paraíso Na Terra (Tom-Tom Records, 2016) Paraíso Na Terra is the second album by Rozina Pátkai, a Hungarian vocalist and graphic artist…

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Artist Profiles: Tama

Angel Romero December 20, 2017 1 Comment African musicMalian musictamaworld fusion

Tama was a Pan-African world fusion project made in the late 1990s. The Tama album Nostalgie came about when Tom Diakite (Mali), Sam Mills (UK)…

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