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    Shtoltse Lider Honors Yiddish Modernist Anna Margolin on Queen of Word

    Shtoltse Lider – Queen of Word – A Tribute to Anna Margolin (Kakafon, 2026) The Swedish group Shtoltse Lider pays tribute to Yiddish poet Anna…

    JGurski August 31, 2026 No Comments
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    Guachinangos Amalgamate Son Jarocho, Cumbia and Champeta on Debut Album

    Guachinangos – Vol. 1 (Jalopy Records, 2026) New York seven-piece Guachinangos (the red snappers) released its debut album, Vol. 1, earlier this year. The ensemble…

    Angel Romero August 26, 2026 No Comments
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    Juan Saiz Reconnects With Cantabrian Tradition on Tañedor

    Juan Saiz — Tañedor (self-released, 2026) Spanish musician Juan Saiz has released Tañedor, a new album that explores the traditional music of Cantabria (northern Spain)…

    Angel Romero August 24, 2026 No Comments
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    Unfettered Persian Excursion

    Never mind that classically trained Iranian singer Bahar Movahed is also an orthodontist whose practice is (perhaps handily) located in my current stomping ground of…

    Tom Orr August 23, 2026 No Comments
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    Gaoussou ‘Sobra’ Kouyate Steps Forward as Bandleader on ‘Sobra Blues’

    Gaoussou ‘Sobra’ Kouyate – Sobra Dance (One World Records, 2026) Malian guitarist Gaoussou “Sobra” Kouyate takes the lead on Sobra Blues, an eight-track album produced…

    Tyler Bennet August 21, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Shy-Anne Hovorka — Raise My Fist cover artwork. A colorful illustrated cover showing a hand holding a black-and-white feather against a glowing sunset over water and rolling green hills. Ghostly figures appear in the golden sky, surrounded by flowers, trees, and exposed roots. The title “Raise My Fist” appears prominently above, with Shy-Anne Hovorka and Suckle Creek Drum Group & Friends credited below.
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    Shy-Anne Hovorka Unites More Than 30 Indigenous and Ally Artists on “Raise My Fist”

    World Music Central News Room August 28, 2026 No Comments
  • Black and white photo of Sheila Chandra with hands holding her head.
    Music videos

    Sheila Chandra Presents “Lament of McCrimmon / Song of the Banshee”

    World Music Central News Room August 27, 2026 No Comments
  • Shovel Dance Collective — Photo by Brad Gilbert. a set of three horizontal sepia photos of the band members.
    Music videos

    Shovel Dance Collective Announce ‘Everything in Readiness,’ Share First Single

    World Music Central News Room August 26, 2026 No Comments
  • Protoje standing outdoors. Behind him, a landscape of white mountains.
    Music videos

    Protoje and Stephen Marley Address Global Injustice in ‘1000 Lashes’ Video

    World Music Central News Room August 22, 2026 No Comments
  • Hanoun Brass Band From New Orleans to Palestine cover artwork
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    Second Line Levantine

    Tom Orr August 15, 2026 No Comments
  • Rhiannon Giddens Freight Train video cover artwork. An image of Giddens holding a banjo.
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    Rhiannon Giddens Revisits Elizabeth Cotten’s “Freight Train”

    World Music Central News Room August 13, 2026 No Comments

Awards

Austrian Band Alma Wins German World Music Award

World Music Central News Room March 7, 2017 No Comments AlmaAlpine musicAustriaAustrian musicTransalpine music

Austrian act Alma won the 2017 German World Music Award “Festival-Ruth.” The Ruth is one of the four yearly awards from Rudolstadt-Festival, the biggest German…

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Album reviews

Blue Harp Perspectives

Angel Romero March 7, 2017 No Comments Amelia RomanoharpjoropoLatin American musicUnited States of America

  Amelia Romano – New Perspectives (indie release, 2017) American harpist Amelia Romano plays a mix of instrumentals and songs on New Perspectives, scheduled for…

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Events

Ultra High Flamenco Quartet to Perform at Flamenco Festival in New York and Miami

World Music Central News Room March 7, 2017 No Comments FlamencoFlamenco EñeUltra High FlamencoUltra High Flamenco Quartet

Ultra High Flamenco Quartet will perform in New York City in March 18th as part of the international Flamenco Eñe tour. “It is inevitable to…

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Paris Texas via Tucson

Venita Munir March 6, 2017 No Comments John ConvertinoNaïm Amor

Naïm Amor and John Convertino – The Western Suite and Siesta Songs (Living Music Duplication, 2016) The first thing that springs to mind listening to…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Lars-Ante Kuhmunen

Angel Romero March 5, 2017 No Comments Lars-Ante KuhmunenSami musicSwedenSwedish music

Lars-Ante Kuhmunen was born in 1979. He is a musician and reindeer breeder from Rensjön in Kiruna, a small town in the territory of Swedish…

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Artist Profiles: Lars Underdal

Angel Romero March 5, 2017 No Comments fiddleHardanger fiddleLars UnderdalNorwayNorwegian music

Lars Underdal was born in 1971 in Vinje in Telemark (Norway), has studied with several fiddlers and at the renowned Ole Bull Academy in Voss.…

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Artist Profiles: Lan-e Tuyang

Angel Romero March 5, 2017 No Comments BorneoLan-e TuyangMalaysiaMalaysian musicOrang Ulu musicsapeSarawak

Lan-e Tuyang (meaning among friends) was initially a duo from Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo, consisting of Matthew Ngau Jau and his late uncle Uchau Bilung.…

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Events

Flamenco Singer El Pele to present Puro Pele in Seville

Angel Romero March 5, 2017 No Comments El PeleFlamencoSpainSpanish music

The Flamenco Viene del Sur 2017 series will present flamenco vocalist El Pele on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 9:00 pm at Teatro Central in…

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Album reviews

Tamikrest, The Sahara Desert as a Place of Freedom

TJ Nelson March 4, 2017 No Comments desert bluesMaliTamikrestTuareg music

Tamikrest – Kidal (Glitterbeat Records, 2017) Sitting back and listening to the latest recording Kidal by Mali’s desert blues/rock group Tamikrest, I wondered if I…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro

Angel Romero March 4, 2017 No Comments ArgentinaArgentine musicOrquesta Típica Fernández Fierrotango

  With the structure of a typical tango orchestra (four bandoneons, three violins, alto, violoncello, double bass and piano), a singer, a sound that has…

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