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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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    Jérémy Rollando Sets Sail With New Album Zef In 2026

    Jérémy Rollando – Zef (Label Montgolfière / Sphère France, 2026) French guitarist and composer Jérémy Rollando will release his second album, Zef, on January 9,…

    Iliana Cabrera January 3, 2026 No Comments
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    Back to the Bronx: Brian Conway Honors His Roots on Wallace Avenue

    Brian Conway – Wallace Avenue (self-release, 2025) Irish-American fiddler Brian Conway released his grand third solo album, Wallace Avenue, last summer. Named for the Bronx…

    Ryan Emmert December 31, 2025 No Comments
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    Malutempu Pushes Calabrian Roots Into New Currents

    Malutempu – Farchinoria (Skené Cultura, 2025) Calabrian multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and producer Antonio Olivo launched Malutempu, a fantastic project that reconnects more than twenty years…

    Angel Romero December 30, 2025 No Comments
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    Cumbia Chicharra Blasts Off With Quinto Mundo

    La Cumbia Chicharra – Quinto Mundo (Music Box Publishing / L’Autre Distribution, 2025 La Cumbia Chicharra, a France-based band deeply influenced by Colombian cumbia, recently…

    Iliana Cabrera December 29, 2025 No Comments
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Featured News

  • 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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    Yule Log Polka: Karen Marshalsay’s Festive Harp Tune

    World Music Central News Room December 24, 2025 No Comments
  • Kathleen MacInnes -Santa Take Me Home cover artwork. A photo of a little girl by a Christmas tree.
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    Kathleen MacInnes Wants A Lift North On New Christmas Single “Santa Take Me Home”

    World Music Central News Room December 23, 2025 No Comments
  • An illustrated cover shows a woman in profile wearing a flowing mustard-gold headscarf and patterned robe, framed by an ornate circular halo. She holds two bright sunflowers. Botanical details fill the background, while Arabic text and the title “Catalus” appear below.
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    Got It Together

    Tom Orr December 22, 2025 No Comments
  • An illustrated landscape shows a lush forest opening to a stream and waterfall, framed by geometric Art Deco borders. A glowing sun sets behind distant mountains, while a lone figure beside a turntable listens by the water. Pastel typography centers the title “Love Garden” with “Double Tiger” beneath.
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    Love In Bloom – Double Tiger Grows New “Love Garden” Single

    World Music Central News Room December 19, 2025 No Comments
  • A lone bison strides across an open road at dusk, its dark silhouette set against a wide, amber-toned sky and distant plains. The title Saving Grace and the artist’s name appear above.
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    Robert Plant Drops New Everybody’s Song Video With Saving Grace

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Pinetop Perkins

Angel Romero November 5, 2017 No Comments bluesPinetop PerkinsUnited States of America

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Recipient (2005) Pinetop Perkins was one of the last great Mississippi bluesmen still performing in the 21st century. He made a living…

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Artist Profiles: Phong Nguyen

Angel Romero November 5, 2017 No Comments Phong NguyenVietnamVietnamese music

Phong Nguyen is one of the foremost exponents of Vietnamese music in the West and a recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship, the United States’…

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Artist Profiles: Phil Wiggins

Angel Romero November 5, 2017 No Comments bluesCephas and WigginsharmonicaPhil WigginsUnited States of America

Phil Wiggins was born in Washington D.C. in 1954. He began his musical career with some of Washington’s leading blues artists, including Archie Edwards and…

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Artist Profiles: Phil Cunningham

Angel Romero November 5, 2017 No Comments accordionCeltic musicPhil CunninghamScotlandScottish music

Accordionist Phil Cunningham was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1960. His musical career began with accordion lessons at the age of three and violin a…

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Artist Profiles: Peter Ulrich

Angel Romero November 4, 2017 No Comments Peter UlrichUnited Kingdom

Peter Ulrich was perhaps best known for his long-time collaboration with Dead Can Dance, the creative band of the 1980s that explored new frontiers of…

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Artist Profiles: Peter Puma Hedlund

Angel Romero November 4, 2017 No Comments nyckelharpaPeter Puma HedlundSwedenSwedish music

Peter Puma Hedlund is one of leading exponents of the nyckelharpa in the world today. A composer and one of the main forces in the…

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Artist Profiles: Peter Gabriel

Angel Romero November 4, 2017 1 Comment Peter Gabrielpopprogressive rockworld music

Peter Gabriel has earned a worldwide reputation for his support of world music, his groundbreaking work as a progressive rock pioneer, his innovative recordings as…

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Artist Profiles: Pete Escovedo

Angel Romero November 4, 2017 No Comments Chicano rockLatin jazzPete EscovedoUnited States of America

Percussionist Pete Escovedo was born July 13, 1935 in Pittsburg California. As a young boy he would sit on the steps of nightclubs and watch…

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Artist Profiles: Pete Clark

Angel Romero November 4, 2017 No Comments fiddlePete ClarkScotlandScottish music

Pete Clark is regarded as one of Scotland’s greatest fiddlers. Pete now lives in Perthshire not far from the birth places of Niel Gow and…

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Events

El Amir to Perform Vivaldi’s Concerto in C major for Mandolin on Greek Bouzouki

World Music Central News Room November 4, 2017 No Comments Amir John Haddadbouzouki

Acclaimed world music and flamenco artist Amir John Haddad “El Amir” is set to perform Vivaldi’s Concerto in C major for Mandolin for the first…

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