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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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    Sessa Leans Into “Crooked Funk” On New Album Pequena Vertigem De Amor

    Sessa – Pequena Vertigem de Amor (Mexican Summer, 2025) Brazilian songwriter and guitarist Sessa recently released Pequena Vertigem De Amor (A Little Vertigo of Love).…

    Angel Romero December 28, 2025 No Comments
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    Drums Across Senegal: Raphaël Pannier’s Jazz Meets Sabar On Live In Saint Louis, Senegal

    Raphaël Pannier – Live In Saint Louis, Senegal (Miel Music, 2025) French drummer-composer Raphaël Pannier released Live In Saint Louis, Senegal on November 7, 2025…

    Tyler Bennet December 27, 2025 No Comments
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  • 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
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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

    World Music Central News Room December 18, 2025 No Comments

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments electronic musicGabrielle Roth & The Mirrorstribal ambient music

Gabrielle Roth was internationally recognized as the first woman to create tribal ambient music, and she did so for over two decades. Gabrielle Roth &…

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Artist Profiles: Frifot

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments Ale MollerFrifotLena WillemarkPer GudmundsonSwedenSwedish music

Frifot brought together three of the most colorful characters on the Swedish folk music scene, all of them with deep roots in the tradition. The…

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Artist Profiles: Fred Morrison

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments bagpipeFred MorrisonScotlandScottish music

Fred Morrison is widely regarded as one of the greatest Scottish pipers alive today. His performances on the Highland, bellows blown and uilleann pipes and…

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Artist Profiles: Fraser Shaw

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments bagpipeCeltic musicFraser ShawScotlandScottish music

Fraser Shaw learned the bagpipes from the renowned piper Fred Morrison of South Uist, and latterly from the Tiree piper Kenny MacDonald. At the age…

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Artist Profiles: Fraser Fifield

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments bagpipeCeltic musicFraser FifieldScotlandScottish music

Fraser Fifield is a composer and producer, piper, low whistle player, and saxophonist with a background in traditional Scottish folk music. Fraser lives in Edinburgh,…

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Artist Profiles: Frank London

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments Frank LondonJazzKlezmertrumpet

Trumpeter and composer Frank London is a member of the Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave, has performed with John Zorn, LL Cool J, Mel Torme, Lester…

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Artist Profiles: Fourth World

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments Airto MoreiraBrazilian musicFlora PurimFourth Worldworld music

Fourth World, formed in 1990, featured the legendary Brazilian jazz percussionist Airto Moreira, the six-octave voice of Flora Purim, guitarist Jose Neto, keyboardist/flutist Jovino Santos…

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Artist Profiles: Ferhan Qureshi

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments Ferhan QureshiIndian classical musicPakistanPakistani musictabla

Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi has been a student of tabla and traditional Pakistani/Indian music for many years. He is a senior disciple of the tabla maestro…

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Artist Profiles: Fiddlers 4

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments BluegrassBruce MolskyCajun musicDarol AngerfiddleFiddlers 4Michael DoucetRushad Eggleston

Fiddlers 4 was a collaboration featuring some of the finest fiddlers in the United States. Michael Doucet is well loved for his work as the…

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Artist Profiles: Filska

Angel Romero June 18, 2017 No Comments Celtic musicfiddleFilskaScotlandScottish music

Filska is a band from the Shetland Islands, who built their music on the Islands tradition of fiddle playing. The word Filska comes from the…

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