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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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    Zemog El Gallo Bueno Playful Return With New Album ¡Ya Tú Sabes!

    Zemog El Gallo Bueno – ¡Ya Tú Sabes! U All Reddy Noe (Pinch Records, 2025) ¡Ya Tú Sabes! (You Already Know) is the latest album…

    Angel Romero December 19, 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
  • A black field frames gold typography, with the artist name centered above and the album title below. A single luminous gold line ripples across the middle, glowing softly at its center.
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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

Album reviews

Length & Time: Chouk Bwa Libete

Adolf Alzuphar August 21, 2016 No Comments Chouk Bwa LibeteHaitiHaitian musicvodou

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.  Most…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Wu Man

Angel Romero August 21, 2016 No Comments ChinaChinese musicpipaWu Man

Wu Man is an internationally renowned pipa (Chinese lute) virtuoso. Born in Hangzhou (China), Wu Man studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing…

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Artist Profiles: San Chuan

Angel Romero August 21, 2016 No Comments ChinaChinese musicSan Chuanzheng

San Chuan (“Three Rivers”) is a trio of three young and energetic women, Wang Yao, Sang Ka and Liu Yu, who play the Chinese zither…

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Artist Profiles: Hanggai

Angel Romero August 21, 2016 No Comments ChinagrassChinese musicHanggaikhoomeiMongolian musicmorin khuurtobshuurworld music

  Hanggai, composed of young musicians from Beijing and the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, is at the forefront of a modern Mongolian folk revival…

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Artist Profiles: Guilian Liu

Angel Romero August 21, 2016 No Comments ChinaChinese musicGuilian Liupipa

Guilian Liu was born in Shanghai and is one of the world’s premiere pipa (lute) masters. Liu graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing…

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Events

offWOMEX Showcases Confirmed

World Music Central News Room August 20, 2016 No Comments Anelis AssumpçãoBoogatH’SaoiLeLes Tireux d'RochesMaltese RockNomade OrquestraoffWOMEXQuique EscamillaReyfado Lisboawomex

WOMEX 2016 organizers confirmed the offWOMEX showcase program which will bring artists from Canada, Mexico, Chad, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Japan and Portugal. WOMEX 2016 will…

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Album reviews

Fervent Ojos De Novia

Angel Romero August 20, 2016 No Comments BerberIsraelMor KarbasiSephardic musicSpainworld music

Mor Karbasi Ojos De Novia (Alama Records Alama 005, 2016) Mor Karbasi has one of the most beautiful voices in the world music scene. Her…

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Interviews

Interview with Zydeco Accordion Virtuoso Jeffery Broussard

Angel Romero August 19, 2016 No Comments accordionJeffery BroussardLouisianaZydeco

Louisiana accordionist Jeffery Broussard is considered one of the most influential accordionists in modern Zydeco music. He has innovated Zydeco, developing the new Zydeco sound…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Gong Linna

Angel Romero August 19, 2016 No Comments ChinaChinese musicGong Linna

Gong Linna was born 1975 in Guiyang, Guizhou province (located in the Southwest of China). She first appeared on stage at the age of five.…

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Artist Profiles: Geling Jiang

Angel Romero August 19, 2016 No Comments ChinaChinese musicGeling JiangRed Chambersanxian

Geling Jiang is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, who started her professional training at age of 10. After graduated from Wu Han musical Conservatory, she became a…

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