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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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    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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    From Hallingdal To Homs: Spove’s Folk Flight

    Spove, Nawara Alnaddaf, Silje Risdal Liahagen, Inger Hannisdal, Adrian Myhr – Spove (Fiol, 2025) Norwegian-Syrian quartet Spove has released its debut album, Spove. The exquisite…

    Tyler Bennet December 20, 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
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    Persian Setar, Ambient Drama: Danial HM Teases New Single “Breath Of Eternity”

    World Music Central News Room December 17, 2025 No Comments

Music videos

A Cappella Group Tuuletar Releases Live Concert Video

Angel Romero November 5, 2016 No Comments

Finnish a cappella quartet Tuuletar has released a video featuring a live radio performance of the song Tuu kerää at WOMEX 2016 in Spain. The…

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Taj Weekes & Adowa Release Let Your Voice be as Loud as your Silence Music video

Angel Romero November 4, 2016 No Comments ReggaeTaj Weekes & Adowa

Acclaimed reggae act Taj Weekes & Adowa have released a new music video titled “Let Your Voice be as Loud as your Silence.” This song…

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Kora Delight

TJ Nelson November 3, 2016 No Comments Dawda JobartehGambiaGambian musickora

Dawda Jobarteh – Transitional Times (Sterns Music, 2016) All too often kora music evokes the image of lacy traditional African tunes that fall into the…

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Events

RAM to Perform at Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami

Angel Romero November 3, 2016 No Comments HaitiHaitian musicRAM

Haitian roots (misik rasin) band RAM is set to perform on November 5, 2016 at Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami. RAM is based in…

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VP Records to Release Strictly the Best Vol. 55

Angel Romero November 3, 2016 No Comments dancehall reggaeJamaicaJamaican music

The anthology Strictly the Best Vol. 55 (VP Records) includes this year’s most popular dancehall reggae songs played at clubs and on Caribbean radio. Artists…

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Enthralling Fiddle Traditions of the North

Angel Romero November 2, 2016 No Comments Anders HallfiddleKevin HendersonOlav Luksengård MjelvaThe Nordic Fiddlers Bloc

Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance (Nordic Fiddlers Bloc NFBCD001, 2016) Northern Europe is a land with a great fiddling tradition. The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc brings…

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Charts

Transglobal World Music Chart for November 2016

Angel Romero November 1, 2016 No Comments MauritaniaMauritanian musicNoura Mint SeymaliTransglobal World Music Chart

Mauritanian musician, vocalist and innovator Noura Mint Seymali is the Transglobal World Music Chart’s number 1 artist this month. 1. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina…

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Events

Trio Da Kali and South African Guitarist Derek Gripper to Perform at Zankel Hall

Angel Romero October 31, 2016 No Comments

On Saturday, November 12 at 8:30 p.m., Carnegie Hall in New York city will present a two-part program in Zankel Hall, featuring renowned South African…

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Album reviews

Silence Flooded Trance

Grahak Perth October 30, 2016 No Comments mantraMonk Partyworld music

Monk Party has just released Silence Flooded Trance. Made up of father and son duo, Pragunya and Nelson Myers-Daly their influences include the kirtan devotional…

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L&T: Abed Azrie

Adolf Alzuphar October 29, 2016 No Comments Abed AzrieSyriaSyrian music

I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies that pertain to addressing Length & Time. It’s…

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