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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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    Jesse Smathers Chases The Light On New Single “Dark Clouds”

    World Music Central News Room December 26, 2025 No Comments
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    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
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    Got It Together

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    Love In Bloom – Double Tiger Grows New “Love Garden” Single

    World Music Central News Room December 19, 2025 No Comments
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    Robert Plant Drops New Everybody’s Song Video With Saving Grace

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Arto Tunçboyaciyan

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments ArmeniaArmenian musicArmenian Navy BandArto TunçboyaciyanFlamencoJazzworld fusionworld music

Arto Tuncboyaciyan was born in 1957, in Galataria, a town outside Constantinople. He is the youngest child of an Armenian family, with roots from Anatolia.…

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Artist Profiles: Armenian Navy Band

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments ArmeniaArmenian musicArmenian Navy BandArto Tunçboyaciyan

Music is considered a crucial means of communication by the founder of The Armenian Navy Band, Arto Tunçboyaciyan, a percussionist and vocalist of Armenian descent.…

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Artist Profiles: Ariadna Castellanos

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments Ariadna CastellanosFlamencoJazzpiano

Spanish pianist and composer, Ariadna Castellanos Rivas is currently one of the top rising and most promising Flamenco artists. She combines Flamenco and Jazz in…

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Artist Profiles: Ara Dinkjian

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments Ara DinkjianArmenian musicBalkan musicoudud

Ara Dinkjian is an Armenian born in the United States in 1958. His earliest professional musical experience was accompanying his father Onnik Dinkjian, a renowned…

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Artist Profiles: Anwar Diab Agha

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments Anwar Diab AghaArabic musicGrup AnwaroudSyriaSyrian musicud

Born in 1947 in Damascus (Syria), ud player, violinist, vocalist and composer Anwar Diab Agha has performed throughout the Middle East and Europe with Sabah…

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Artist Profiles: António Zambujo

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 1 Comment António ZambujofadoPortugalPortuguese music

Portugal’s fado sensation António Zambujo has been a major voice in recent years in the resurrection of male fado singers in a genre dominated by…

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Artist Profiles: Antonio Malena

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments Antonio MalenaFlamencoSpainSpanish music

Antonio Moreno Carrasco, better known as Antonio Malena (Malena is his mother’s artistic name), was born in Jerez in 1961. He is deeply influenced by…

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Artist Profiles: Antonio Carlos Jobim

Angel Romero January 6, 2017 No Comments Antonio Carlos JobimBrazilBrazilian music

Antonio Carlos Jobim was born Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, January 25, 1927 in the Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. He was also…

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Artist Profiles: Antibalas

Angel Romero January 6, 2017 No Comments

Antibalas (“bulletproof” in Spanish) is a large collective carrying on the Afrobeat tradition begun by Fela Kuti. Formed in 1998 and based in New York…

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Artist Profiles: Anon Egeland

Angel Romero January 6, 2017 No Comments Anon EgelandfiddleHardanger fiddleNorwayNorwegian music

Ånon Egeland was born in Oslo in 1954. He is one of the few musicians who plays traditional music from the county of Agder. He…

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