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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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    Salt House Gently Glow On Scarrow, Their New Folk Beacon

    Salt House – Scarrow (Hudson Records, 2025) The outstanding English folk trio Salt House return in 2025 with Scarrow, their fifth studio album for Hudson…

    Angel Romero December 14, 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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    Robert Plant Drops New Everybody’s Song Video With Saving Grace

    World Music Central News Room December 18, 2025 No Comments
  • A black field frames gold typography, with the artist name centered above and the album title below. A single luminous gold line ripples across the middle, glowing softly at its center.
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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
  • Owen Casey Easy Enough single artwork. A Compact Disc with images of two palms and song credits.
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    Jamaica Meets Irie-Land

    Tom Orr December 13, 2025 No Comments

Album reviews

Bulgarian Folktronics

Angel Romero January 28, 2016 No Comments Balkan musicBulgarian musicOratnitza

Oratnitza – Folktron (Fusion Embassy, 2015) Oratnitza delivers a contemporary acoustic music vision of Bulgarian traditional music. On Folktron the band performs original pieces that…

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Events

John Prine to perform at Merlefest 2016

Angel Romero January 28, 2016 No Comments

Country and American folk singer-songwriter John Prine is set to perform MerleFest 2016. This will be his first appearance in a decade at the festival.…

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The Healing Power of Music

TJ Nelson January 27, 2016 No Comments Indiamantra

Manish Vyas – Atma Bhakti – Healing Sounds of Prayer (New Earth Records, 2015) Let me say at the outset you not only want Manish…

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Roma Brass Meets Klezmer

Angel Romero January 27, 2016 No Comments Balkan musicbrass bandCocek! Brass BandKlezmer

Cocek! Brass Band is a 5-piece brass band led by composer, vocalist and trumpeter Sam Dechenne. The group plays original music inspired by Balkan Gypsy…

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Senegal Got the Blues

Angel Romero January 26, 2016 No Comments bluesSenegalese music

The West African Blues Project brings together Senegalese vocalist and percussionist Modou Toure (son of Toure Kunda singer Ousmane Toure) and British blues guitarist Ramon…

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Mathias Duplessy & Mukhtiyar Ali to Perform at Udaipur World Music Festival

World Music Central News Room January 26, 2016 No Comments

Mathias Duplessy and Mukhtiyar Ali will present a fusion of Sufi and French music at Udaipur World Music Festival. The festival takes place February 13…

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Traveling Pipa

Angel Romero January 25, 2016 No Comments pipaworld music

Gao Hong and Friends – Pipa Potluck, Lutes Around the world (Innova, 2015) Chinese pipa master Gao Hong currently lives in Minnesota and gathered a…

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Scythian to perform at Merlefest 2016

World Music Central News Room January 25, 2016 No Comments

Celtic rock band Scythian is set to perform at MerleFest 2016. Based in Washington, D.C., Scythian merges classical ability with thunderous energy to give crowds…

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The Birth Of British Blues Boxed Set

World Music Central News Room January 25, 2016 No Comments blues

Proper Box has released a 4CD box set titled The Birth Of British Blues. The collection highlights the pioneering artists who laid the groundwork for…

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Radio Friendly Idan Raichel

Angel Romero January 24, 2016 No Comments Israelpop

Although Israeli composer and singer-songwriter has collaborated with world music artists like Vieux Farka Touré, his solo works have very few connections with roots music.…

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