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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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  • 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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

Coisas que a gente sente

Angel Romero January 8, 2017 No Comments flutePortugalPortuguese musicRao Kyaoworld music

Rao Kyao – “Coisas que a gente sente” (Get! Records, 2012) Acclaimed Portuguese flute virtuoso Rao Kyao has been involved in numerous cross-genre projects, ranging…

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Alex Cumming & Nicola Beazley Release Across The Water

World Music Central News Room January 8, 2017 No Comments

English folk musicians Alex Cumming & Nicola Beazley have released Across The Water (Haystack Records), their first album as a duo. Accordionist and vocalist Alex…

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Artist Profiles

Artist profiles: Bjørn Ole Rasch

Angel Romero January 8, 2017 No Comments Bjørn Ole RaschkeyboardsNorwayNorwegian musicprogressive rockworld music

Bjørn Ole Rasch was born on July 28, 1959 in Elverum, Norway. He started playing classical piano at the age of 7. His mother was…

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Artist profiles: Bjarne Herrefoss

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments Bjarne HerrefossfiddleNorwayNorwegian music

Bjarne Herrefoss was born ‌in 1931. He was a fiddler who could be called legend in his own time. Intensely personal playing style gives him…

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Artist Profiles: Berit Opheim

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments Berit OpheimNorwayNorwegian music

Berit Opheim (born 1967) is a highly respected and talented folk singer, and is one of the foremost singers of traditional music from western Norway.…

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Artist Profiles: Beoga

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments BeogaCeltic musicIrelandIrish folk music

Beoga (Irish word for ‘lively’) are an exciting young five piece from County Antrim who create a completely unique sound, with the dueling accordions of…

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Artist Profiles: Beatriz Pichi Malen

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments ArgentinaArgentine musicBeatriz Pichi MalenMapuche music

The Mapuche Indians marked the Argentinean history till the last quarter of the 19th century, when their military domination of the country’s wide open spaces…

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Artist Profiles: Beata Söderberg

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments Beata SöderbergcelloSwedenSwedish musictango

Cellist and composer Beata Söderberg was born in 1976 in Linköping, Sweden. As a child, she learned piano from her mother and sang in a…

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Articles

The Baul

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments Baul musicIndiaIndian music

The Baul are mystic minstrels, traditional poets, singers, and storytellers, from Bengal (eastern India and Bangladesh). With their flowing saffron robes, long jet black hair,…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Bajofondo Tango Club

Angel Romero January 7, 2017 No Comments ArgentinaArgentine musicBajofondo Tango Clubelectronic musicglobal electronicatango

Bajofondo Tango Club was put together by Rock en español musician and producer Gustavo Santaolalla, winner of two-time Academy Awards and Golden Globe-winning composer of…

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