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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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    Yalla Miku Bend Borders On 2

    Yalla Miku – 2 (Bongo Joe Records, 2025) Geneva-based collective Yalla Miku released their second album, aptly titled 2 on Bongo Joe Records. They continue…

    Sonia Keller December 26, 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
  • 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

    World Music Central News Room December 18, 2025 No Comments

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Entrancing Modern Celtic Sounds of Scotland and Brittany

Angel Romero June 1, 2017 No Comments Alain GentyBreton musicCeltic musicFranceJoanne McIverScotlandScottish music

Alain Genty and Joanne McIver – Eternal Tides (Buda Records, 2017) Eternal Tides is a beautiful and mesmerizing album by two masters in the Celtic…

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Jenny & The Mexicats’ Fresh Mestizo Sound

Angel Romero May 31, 2017 No Comments Gypsy rumbaJenny & The Mexicatsmestizo musicMexican music

Jenny & The Mexicats – Mar Abierto (Mexicat Records, 2017) Globetrotting mestizo music band Jenny & The Mexicats has a new album titled Mar Abierto…

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Flamenco Vocalist Argentina Releases La Reina de tu ajedrez Music Video

Angel Romero May 30, 2017 No Comments ArgentinaFlamencoSpainSpanish music

  Argentina, one of the rising stars of flamenco, has released a music video featuring La Reina de tu ajedrez. The song appears in her…

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Captivating and Edgy Reggae

Angel Romero May 30, 2017 No Comments JamaicaMorgan HeritageReggae

Morgan Heritage – Avrakedabra (CTBC Music Group, 2017) Modern reggae masters Morgan Heritage continue to dazzle the listener with its irresistible rhythms and masterfully-constructed vocals…

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Cape Verdean Danceable and Passionate Songs

Angel Romero May 30, 2017 No Comments Cape VerdeCape Verdean musicElida Almeida

Elida Almeida – Djunta Kudjer (Lusafrica, 2017) Djunta Kudjer is an EP by Cape Verdean sensation Elida Almeida. The new recording features by the award-winning…

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Artist Profiles: David Krakauer

Angel Romero May 29, 2017 No Comments David KrakauerJazzKlezmerUnited States of Americawestern classical music

Clarinetist David Krakauer has mastered a wide-range of styles, including classical chamber music, Eastern European Klezmer music, the avant-garde, rock, and jazz. He is a…

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Artist Profiles: Darol Anger

Angel Romero May 29, 2017 No Comments BluegrassDarol AngerfiddleJazzUnited States of Americaviolinwestern classical music

Violinist, composer, producer and educator Darol Anger is at home in a number of musical genres some of which he helped to invent. With the…

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Artist Profiles: Cyril Pahinui

Angel Romero May 29, 2017 No Comments Cyril PahinuiHawaiiHawaiian musicUnited States of America

  Cyril Pahinui grew up in Hawaii, in the small town of Waimanalo at the foot of the Ko’olau Mountains on O’ahu’s Windward coast. His…

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Artist Profiles: Deanta

Angel Romero May 29, 2017 No Comments DéantaIrelandIrish folk music

Déanta was an excellent contemporary Irish folk music band from County Antrim. The young virtuosos steadily built an international reputation for music both pristine and…

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Artist Profiles: Dalla

Angel Romero May 29, 2017 No Comments Celtic musicCornish musicCornwallDallaUnited Kingdom

Dalla was formed by Neil Davey and Hilary Coleman towards the end of 1999 and combines members of the two families who have been integral…

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