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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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    Rebekka Bakken Makes the Ancient Thrilling Again On New Album ‘Nord’

    Rebekka Bakken – Nord (Supreme Music Group, 2025) Norwegian singer and songwriter Rebekka Bakken has released a mesmerizing new album titled Nord. The breathtaking record…

    Angel Romero December 25, 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
  • Music videos

    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

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Cathie Ryan

Angel Romero May 19, 2017 No Comments Cathie RyanIrish folk musicUnited States of America

  Irish-American soprano vocalist and songwriter Cathie Ryan grew up in Detroit, Michigan,  surrounded by traditional Irish influences.  She is expert at the ancient art…

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Artist Profiles: Catherine-Ann MacPhee

Angel Romero May 19, 2017 1 Comment Catherine-Ann MacPheeScotlandScottish music

Catherine Ann McPhee is one of the great Gaelic voices. She was born in the Island of Barra (Scotland) and worked as an actor and…

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Artist Profiles: Cathal McConnell

Angel Romero May 19, 2017 No Comments Cathal McConnellCeltic musicfluteIrish folk musicUnited Kingdom

Cathal McConnell is known and respected all over the world for his masterful flute playing and singing, solo as well as with his band, Boys…

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Artist Profiles: Cady Finlayson

Angel Romero May 18, 2017 No Comments Cady FinlaysonCeltic musicfiddleUnited States of Americaworld music

Cady Finlayson specializes in spirited Irish fiddle music with American Folk and World Music Influences. From her first show in a small Irish pub in…

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Artist Profiles: Carreg Lafar

Angel Romero May 18, 2017 No Comments Carreg LafarCeltic musicWalesWelsh music

Carreg Lafar was formed in 1993, in Cardiff, by musicians coming from different parts of Wales: Wrexham in the North, Llanelli and Swansea on the…

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Artist Profiles: Calum MacKinnon

Angel Romero May 18, 2017 No Comments Calum MacKinnonfiddleScotlandScottish music

Calum is from the island of Tiree in the Hebrides. He started learning the fiddle at an early age, from a neighbor, Willie Kemp, who…

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Artist Profiles: Calexico

Angel Romero May 18, 2017 No Comments AmericanaCalexicoTex-MexUnited States of America

Calexico is an influential band that plays border music, a mix of Tex-Mex and southwestern music, country and rock. Although the band founders, Joey Burns…

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Events

Flamenco Festival La Isla Ciudad Flamenca Announces 2017 Program

Angel Romero May 18, 2017 No Comments FlamencoLa Isla Ciudad FlamencaSpain

La Isla Ciudad Flamenca festival will celebrate its fourth edition July 21 to August 31, 2017 in San Fernando (Cádiz), in southern Spain. The annual…

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Reggae on the River Reveals 2017 Program

Angel Romero May 18, 2017 No Comments ReggaeReggae On The River

Reggae on the River has announced the lineup of the 2017 edition of the festival. The event will take place August 3-6 at French’s Camp…

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Artist Profiles: Burhan Öçal

Angel Romero May 17, 2017 No Comments Burhan ÖçalTurkeyTurkish music

Turkish music specialist Burhan Öçal has made the bridging of musical cultures his central mission. A native of Kirklareli, near Istanbul, he grew up in…

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