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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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    Roger Glenn Returns With My Latin Heart with Vibes, Flute, And Fire

    Roger Glenn – My Latin Heart (Patois Records, 2025) Veteran multi-instrumentalist and composer Roger Glenn released My Latin Heart in 2025, his first new album…

    Iliana Cabrera December 15, 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
  • A lone bison strides across an open road at dusk, its dark silhouette set against a wide, amber-toned sky and distant plains. The title Saving Grace and the artist’s name appear above.
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    Robert Plant Drops New Everybody’s Song Video With Saving Grace

    World Music Central News Room December 18, 2025 No Comments
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    Persian Setar, Ambient Drama: Danial HM Teases New Single “Breath Of Eternity”

    World Music Central News Room December 17, 2025 No Comments
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    Effervescent Reggae

    Tom Orr December 16, 2025 No Comments
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    Cool Ruler Meets Keyboard King On ‘Love Without Intermission’

    World Music Central News Room December 15, 2025 No Comments
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    Jamaica Meets Irie-Land

    Tom Orr December 13, 2025 No Comments

Album reviews

Hip-Shaking Haitian Roots Music

Angel Romero February 29, 2016 No Comments Haitian musicLakou Mizikraratambourvodou

Lakou Mizik – Wa Di Yo (Cumbancha Discovery, 2016) Wa Di Yo is the debut album from a fabulous multi-generational Haitian band called Lakou Mizik.…

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Classic Augustus Pablo Reggae Album Original Rockers Reissued

World Music Central News Room February 28, 2016 No Comments DubReggae

Augustus Pablo’s classic reggae album Original Rockers, originally released in 1979, is now available as a reissue on digital, CD and vinyl. Augustus Pablo (1954-1999)…

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Reissue of Horace Andy’s In The Light

World Music Central News Room February 27, 2016 No Comments DubReggae

In The Light, a classic 1977 reggae album by Horace Andy is now available through 17 North Parade. Originally released in 1977, In The Light…

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Sitar Wonder Anoushka Shankar to Perform at CAP UCLA in April 2016

World Music Central News Room February 27, 2016 1 Comment Indian classical musicsitar

Sitar master and composer Anoushka Shankar is set to perform on Wednesday, April 13 at Royce Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Anoushka will…

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Ellas Crean Celebrates the Creativity of Women in 2016

World Music Central News Room February 26, 2016 No Comments

More than a hundred female artists are scheduled to participate in 80 cultural activities scheduled by Ellas Crean, the festival organized by the Institute for…

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Obituaries

Cuban Musician Reinaldo Hierrezuelo, Rey Caney, Dies at 89

Angel Romero February 25, 2016 1 Comment bolerosontres guitartrova

Cuban vocalist, songwriter and tres player Reinaldo Hierrezuelo, better known as Rey Caney, died on Tuesday, February 23rd in Havana. Rey Caney was a highly…

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Album reviews

International Highlands Music from Peru’s Festival de Alturas

Angel Romero February 24, 2016 No Comments ArgentinaAustriaBavariaBoliviacharangoColombiaGermanyhighlandshurdy gurdyIndiaPeruquenarababSwitzerlandyodeling

1er Festival Internacional de Alturas – Lima, Perú, noviembre 2014 (Asociación Arte de Alturas, 2015) This album features artists from across the globe who participated…

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Fanfare Ciocarlia to Collaborate with Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz

World Music Central News Room February 24, 2016 No Comments brass bandGypsy

Fanfare Ciocarlia, one of the world’s best Gypsy brass bands, is set to perform at Town Hall in New York City for an exclusive and…

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Album reviews

Learning Language through Music

Angel Romero February 23, 2016 No Comments Brazilian musicchildren's musicPortuguese

Brazilian musician Paulinho Garcia combines the pleasure of listening to great music with the teaching of language and accessible poetry. His album Aquarela – Traditional…

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Events

Noura Mint Seymali & Tal National to Perform at UCLA’s Royce Hall

World Music Central News Room February 23, 2016 No Comments

Iconic Mauritanian musician Noura Mint Seymali and Nigerien band Tal National are set to perform UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Noura Mint…

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