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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

Album reviews

The Magnificent Curro De Utrera

Angel Romero January 19, 2017 No Comments Curro De UtreraFlamencoSpainSpanish music

Curro De Utrera ‎– Grands Cantaores Du Flamenco Volume 25 (Le Chant Du Monde, 2016) Le Chant Du Monde’s series dedicated to the great flamenco…

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Events

Levitate Music and Arts Festival Announces 2017 line-up

World Music Central News Room January 19, 2017 No Comments Levitate Music and Arts Festival

The Levitate Music and Arts Festival in Massachusetts will take place Saturday, July 8th and Sunday, July 9th, 2017. This year’s headliners include Boston-based reggae…

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Enduring Kinship and Hope Navajo Songs

Angel Romero January 18, 2017 1 Comment American Indian musicDiné musicNative American musicNavajo musicRadmilla Cody

Radmilla Cody – K’é Hasin (Canyon Records CR-6542, 2016) Diné (Navajo) singer, songwriter and community activist Radmilla Cody presents a collection of mostly a cappella…

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The Klezmatics Back to Roots

Angel Romero January 17, 2017 No Comments KlezmerThe KlezmaticsYiddish music

The Klezmatics – Apikorsim/Heretics (World Village, 2016) The Klezmatics, the grand masters and innovators of klezmer music continue to charm with their new album, Apikorsim/Heretics.…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Capullo De Jerez

Angel Romero January 16, 2017 No Comments Capullo De JerezFlamencoSpain

Capullo De Jerez is Miguel Flores Quiros’ artistic name. He was born April 6, 1954 in Jerez de la Frontera, in the calle de Cantareria,…

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Artist profiles: Calypso Rose

Angel Romero January 16, 2017 No Comments calypsoCalypso RoseTrinidad and Tobago

Calypso Rose, a living legend in the calypso world, has brought her vibrant and irresistible music from her native Tobago to audiences on every continent,…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Buddy Guy

Angel Romero January 16, 2017 1 Comment bluesBuddy GuyChicago bluesguitar

Buddy Guy is an internationally acclaimed blues guitarist, singer, and showman. He’s one of the finest examples of Chicago-style electric blues. Throughout his extensive musical…

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Album reviews

Latin Changeups

Tom Orr January 16, 2017 No Comments Damian DraghiciDiego El CigalaFlamencoGonzalo RubalcabaOmara Portuondosalsa

I’ve long contended that Latin music (something of a loaded term) was the first world music (ditto) to catch on in a big way. Even…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Chano Domínguez

Angel Romero January 15, 2017 No Comments CaiChano Domínguezflamenco jazzJazzpianoprogressive rock

  Sebastián Dominguez Lozano, better known as Chano Domínguez, was born in Cadiz on March 29, 1960. His father was a flamenco enthusiast and young…

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Events

Flamenco 2017 Nimes

World Music Central News Room January 15, 2017 No Comments DorantesFlamencoMiguel Angel CortesNimesPerico SantiagoThéâtre Bernadette LafontVicente Amigo

Nimes, a city in southern France, is celebrating flamenco with an impressive program featuring some of Spain’s finest performers. Flamenco 2017 Nimes Program January 12…

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