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    Cane Bagpipe Comeback: Xavier Blanco Revives A Lost Galician Sound

    Xavier Blanco — A Gaita de Cana de Moaña (Several Records, 2001) Xavier Blanco Nogueira, a Galician piper from Moaña in the Morrazo region of…

    Angel Romero February 14, 2026 No Comments
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    Oumou Sangaré’s Ko Sira Brought Wassulu Power To The World Stage

    Oumou Sangare – Ko Sira (World Circuit/Rounder, 1993) Malian singer Oumou Sangaré cemented her international profile with Ko Sira, her second widely distributed release, delivered…

    Madison Quinn February 13, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Taking the Fifth

    La Cumbia Chicharra – Quinto Mundo (Music Box Publishing, 2025) Two of the innumerable things I’m no good at are defining what exactly is meant…

    Tom Orr February 13, 2026 No Comments
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    Kunbe Brings The Power of Afro-Rock Fusion to Fanga

    Kunbe – Fanga (Adjololo Records, 2025) Fanga, the second album from Kunbe, continues the collaboration between Malian musicians and the Livenais brothers, longtime figures in…

    Angel Romero February 12, 2026 No Comments
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    BashElan’s Titkon Weaves Hungarian folk, Balkan rhythms, and Roma traditions

    BashElan – Titkon (Fonó, 2025) BashElan, a stellar young ensemble led by founder Zsombor Herédi, crafts its cathartic sound from traditional sources. The group mixes…

    JGurski February 11, 2026 No Comments
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  • Throwdown Thursday Chases “Next Big Thing”

    World Music Central News Room February 14, 2026 No Comments
  • Natural Mighty A Road. A band photo from the video.
    Music videos Single reviews

    Road to Reggae

    Tom Orr February 13, 2026 No Comments
  • Lucie Hendry Ashes cover artwork. An illustration of a swan or heron and green sprouts growing from a pile of ashes.
    Music videos

    Lucie Hendry Ashes, a Space Between Chaos and Anticipation

    World Music Central News Room February 12, 2026 No Comments
  • Two men in suits stand waist-deep in the sea, facing away from each other. One wears a strange helmet and holds a device, while the other carries bright cleaning gloves. Centered text above them reads “Wallbreaker” with the artists’ names beneath it.
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    Arthur Coates & Kerran Cotterell Roll Out “Wallbreaker”

    World Music Central News Room February 11, 2026 No Comments
  • La Machine - Les Rodeurs album cover artwork. A field of bright green grass stretches across the foreground, meeting a distant modern city skyline under a cloud-dotted sky. Centered at the top, red typography reads “La Machine – Les Rôdeurs,” with a small decorative emblem between the words.
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    Welcome to the Machine

    Tom Orr February 10, 2026 No Comments
  • A modern cover with a light gray background and black typography. The names Gerardo Frisina and Luzia Dvorek appear at the top, while the title “Meu Canto feat. Toco” sits on the right beside the Schema Records logo. Overlapping red and gray rectangles fill the center, layered with black palm tree silhouettes.
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    “Meu Canto”: Brazilian Flavors by Frisina, Luzia Dvorek, and Toco

    World Music Central News Room February 9, 2026 No Comments

Juan Antonio Moya playing guitar.
Artist Profiles

Juan Antonio Moya: Flamenco Guitar With A Bold Modern Kick

Iliana Cabrera January 25, 2026 No Comments FlamencoJuan Antonio Moyaworld music

Spanish guitarist Juan Antonio Moya graduated from the Escola Superior de Música de Cataluña (ESMUC) in 2015 with the highest honors. In February 2017 he…

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Deep red and burnt orange fields form an abstract, weathered background with thin black lines looping and crossing the surface. The group name appears on the left, while the album title Close To Nothing sits in small white type at the upper right. Three musician names stack beneath the band name, and a tiny record-label emblem rests in the lower corner.
Album reviews

EH3 Returns With New Jazz-Rock Set, Close To Nothing

Angel Romero January 25, 2026 No Comments EH3Erik SmithErland HelbøErland Helbø TrioFrode Ågedal Bergjazz fusionjazz-rockKnut Løchsenprogressive rock

EH3 / Erland Helbø Trio – Close To Nothing (Losen Records, 2025) Close To Nothing is the second release from EH3 / Erland Helbø Trio,…

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The cover bursts with bright tropical colors. “Gio Chamba” stretches across the top in heavy navy lettering over a gradient of orange, green, and yellow. Stylized palms, stars, and abstract geometric patterns frame a central green plant shape dotted with lively circles. The title Tropidelicos appears in rounded yellow letters along the middle.
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Gio Chamba Cranks Up Psychedelic Cumbia On Tropidelicos

Iliana Cabrera January 25, 2026 No Comments Gio Chambaworld music

Gio Chamba – Tropidelicos (Mixto Records, 2025) Houston duo Gio Chamba released their new album Tropidelicos not long ago. The eight-track set is characterized by…

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Vertical dark stripes line the background, dotted with tiny stars. Bright curved forms in green, blue, yellow, and cream rise from the bottom, winding toward the center. Large lettering spells the title, while the artist names sit at the bottom in smaller type.
Music videos

Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest Roll Out “Recurrent” Music Video

World Music Central News Room January 25, 2026 No Comments contemporary jazzfunkjazz fusionMetropole OrkestSnarky Puppyworld fusion

Snarky Puppy & Metropole Orkest (conducted by Jules Buckley) have released a video for “Recurrent.” This is a piece from its new album Somni (GroundUP…

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Eight Flamenco Finalists Head To Sevilla Showdown

World Music Central News Room January 24, 2026 No Comments Antonio GonzálezChico GallardoFlamencoflamenco guitarFrancis GómezguitarJuan Antonio MoyaJuan Diego MateosLuis GalloLuis MedinaMelón Jiménezworld music

The SGAE Foundation has announced the eight finalists for the III Paco de Lucía Flamenco SGAE Award 2025. The final will take place on Wednesday,…

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Antonio González - photo by Celia Carmona. Antonio playing guitar.
Artist Profiles

The Rise Of Flamenco Guitarist Antonio González

Angel Romero January 24, 2026 No Comments Antonio GonzálezFlamencoflamenco guitarguitarworld music

(headline image: Antonio González – photo by Celia Carmona) Antonio González Reyes was born on 24 May 1999 in Chipiona, a coastal town in the…

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Chico Gallardo playing guitar, wearing eyeglasses.
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The Remarkable Journey Of Flamenco Guitarist Chico Gallardo

Angel Romero January 24, 2026 No Comments Chico GallardoFlamencoflamenco guitarguitarworld music

Francisco “Chico” Gallardo was born on April 16, 1982, in Almonte (Huelva), Spain. He began playing guitar at the age of eight, showing early musical…

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A golden desert scene frames four figures in black-and-gold ceremonial dress, centered before a halo. A smoking vessel centers the composition, while pyramids and a stylized city rise in the background beneath a star-filled sky. The title Ntu Futurism appears below, with L8 Antique above in metallic lettering.
Album reviews

NTU Futurism And A Cosmic Spin On Afro-Futurism

Tyler Bennet January 24, 2026 No Comments world fusionworld music

L8 Antique – NTU Futurism (2025) South African ensemble L8 Antique has released its debut album, NTU Futurism, a project rooted in African spirituality and…

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Music videos

Remedy Tree Lean Into Heart-On-Sleeve Bluegrass On “Let Her Know”

World Music Central News Room January 23, 2026 No Comments BluegrassRemedy Treeworld music

Remedy Tree has named “Let Her Know” as the focus track from their album Beyond What I Can See. The song is a stripped-down bluegrass…

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Amir Nojan & Pejman Hadadi holding their musical instruments - Photo by Mehdi Rostami
Events

Amir Nojan & Pejman Hadadi Present Persian Classical Music At Roulette

World Music Central News Room January 23, 2026 No Comments Amir NojanPejman HadadiPersian classical musicworld music

(headline image: Amir Nojan & Pejman Hadadi – Photo by Mehdi Rostami) Amir Nojan & Pejman Hadadi are set to perform at Roulette on Saturday,…

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