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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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  • Album reviews

    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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    Strings In Flight As Cuerdas Trio Debuts Gentile

    Cuerdas Trio – Gentile (Visage Music, 2025) Cuerdas Trio introduces Gentile, a 2025 release that reflects the group’s cross-cultural identity and its commitment to dialogue…

    Madison Quinn December 24, 2025 No Comments
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    Dawn Beats Darkness: Murmurosi Reimagines Ukrainian Folk On Svitanok

    Murmurosi – Svitanok (Ukrainian Folk Reinvented) (Self-released, 2025) Murmurosi released the passionate Svitanok (Ukrainian Folk Reinvented) independently. The title means “dawn” in Ukrainian and draws…

    JGurski December 22, 2025 No Comments
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    Raia’s Uádi Pours Desert Rains Over The Viola Campaniça

    Raia – Uádi (Lusitanian LUS058, 2025) Portuguese musician António “Tó-Zé” Bexiga recently released Uádi, the new album from his solo project Raia. The record highlights…

    Iliana Cabrera December 21, 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

    World Music Central News Room December 18, 2025 No Comments

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Abhik Mukherjee

Angel Romero December 3, 2016 No Comments Abhik MukherjeeIndiaIndian classical musicIndian musicsitar

Abhik Mukherjee, born in Kolkata, is a sitar player of the Etawah-Imdadkhani gharana (school). He started his sitar training at the age of six by…

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A Tribe Called Red releases “The Virus”Musuc Video

Angel Romero December 3, 2016 No Comments A Tribe Called Redpowwow step

Powwow step pioneers A Tribe Called Red has released a music video for its single “The Virus.” The videoclip features poet Saul Williams and Canadian…

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Events

Transfixing Estonian Fiddler Maarja Nuut to Perform at Play Circle in Madison

Angel Romero December 2, 2016 No Comments EstoniaEstonian musicMaarja Nuut

Fiddler Maarja Nuut is set to perform at Fredric March Play Circle Theater in Madison, Wisconsin on Saturday February 4, 2016. Maarja Nuut is a…

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Album reviews

The Fabulous Musiki wa dansi of East Africa

Angel Romero December 1, 2016 No Comments Congolese musicCongolese rumbaKenyan musicTanzanian music

Various Artists – Urgent Jumping! East African Musiki Wa Dansi Classics (Sterns Africa STCD 3067-68CD, 2016) This 2 CD world music compilation is packed with…

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General News

Dominican Merengue Inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Angel Romero November 30, 2016 No Comments Dominican musicDominican Republicmerengue

Today, November 30, 2016, UNESCO announced that Dominican merengue music and dance was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.…

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Charts

Transglobal World Music Chart for December 2016

Angel Romero November 30, 2016 No Comments BongaTransglobal World Music Chart

Acclaimed Angolan musician Bonga is the number one artist this month. 1. Bonga – Recados de Fora (Lusafrica) 2. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina (Glitterbeat…

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Album reviews

Eros Coolness

TJ Nelson November 30, 2016 No Comments Cuban musicOmar SosaPaolo Fresupianotrumpet

Omar Sosa and Paolo Fresu – Eros (Tuk Music/Ota Records, 2016) Luxuriously elegant, seductive and exotically dreamy, the Tuk Music release Eros, born out of…

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New CDs

Remastered Edition of Iconic Planet Drum Album

Angel Romero November 29, 2016 No Comments Airto MoreiraBabatunde OlatunjiFlora PurimGiovanni HidalgoPlanet DrumSikiru AdepojuVikku Vinayakramworld musicZakir Hussain

Planet Drum, the percussion album that became a world music sensation 25 years ago is available again, remastered and with new tracks. The 25th Anniversary…

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Articles

2016 Christmas Music Guide

TJ Nelson November 29, 2016 No Comments Christmas music

Perhaps you’ve just ventured to the darkest part of the attic or basement, plucked out those dusty boxes from under the bags of horded, hideous…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Ismail Lumanovski

Angel Romero November 28, 2016 No Comments Gypsy musicIsmail LumanovskiMacedoniaMacedonian musicThe Secret Trio

Ismail Lumanovski, well-known for his lively virtuosity, was born in Bitola, Macedonia and started playing the clarinet at age eight. He has performed throughout the…

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