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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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    Cory Henry Releases Soulful and Funk-Fueled ‘A Wonderful Holiday’

    Cory Henry — A Wonderful Holiday (2025) Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter Cory Henry has released A Wonderful Holiday, a six-song collection of original Christmas…

    Angel Romero December 18, 2025 No Comments
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    Lô And Behold: Maame, a DYI Effort

    Cheikh Lô – Maame (World Circuit, 2025) A decade has passed since Cheikh Lô last offered a studio album, and Maame feels like a homecoming…

    Madison Quinn December 17, 2025 No Comments
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    Love In Bloom – Double Tiger Grows New “Love Garden” Single

    World Music Central News Room December 19, 2025 No Comments
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    World Music Central News Room December 15, 2025 No Comments
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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Abrasevic-Valjevo

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abrasevic-ValjevoSerbia

Abrashevich folk dance company was founded in Valjevo, Serbia, in 1905, and at the same time in Belgrade, Kragujevac and few other Serbian cities, and…

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Artist Profiles: Aboubacar Camara

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Aboubacar CamaraGuinean music

Steeped in the drumming and dance of his native Guinea from childhood, Aboubacar Camara was tapped for ballet training at the age of 9, and…

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Artist Profiles: Abiogenesis

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments AbiogenesisIndian musicNaga

Abiogenesis, from Nagaland in India, is an experimental band and they have developed a new world genre which they have named ‘Howey Music’. Howey is…

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Artist Profiles: Abigail Washburn

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abigail WashburnAmerican folk musicbanjofolkold timeworld music

Abigail Washburn’s soulful singing was one of the signature sounds of Uncle Earl since she joined in May 2003. Signed to Nettwerk Records as a…

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Artist Profiles: Abida Parveen

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abida ParveenghazalkafiSufiSufi music

Abida Parveen, the queen of Sufi mystic singing spreads the message of love and induces a state of spiritual ecstasy with her Sufi mystic songs.…

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Artist Profiles: Abhishek Basu

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abhishek BasuIndian classical musictablaworld fusion

Abhishek Basu gave his first professional concert with santur maestro Tarun Bhattacharya. He was but a boy of eight when he first stepped into his…

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Artist Profiles: Abhisek Lahiri

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abhisek LahiriIndian classical musicsarod

At a young age Abhisek Lahiri rose to prominence as a sarod player in India. Abhisek has won the hearts of discerning audiences worldwide with…

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Pakistan-Brooklyn Connection

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments KlezmerMichael WinogradPakistani musicZebunnisa Bangash

  The sounds of various regions of Pakistan and klezmer come together in the new project called Sandaraa. The debut album incorporates the impressive vocals…

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Artist Profiles: Abhiman Kaushal

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abhiman KaushalIndian classical musictabla

Indian musician Abhiman Kaushal was initiated in the art of tabla by his father, R.M. Kaushal, who learned under the legendary Ustad Amir Hussain Khan.…

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Artist Profiles: Abhijit Banerjee

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abhijit BanerjeeIndian classical musicIndian musictabla

Indian musician Abhijit Banerjee started learning tabla at a very young age from Sri Tushar Kanti Bose, later from Sri Manik Pal and finally came…

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