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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
  • 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

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Tuareg Musician Bombino to Release New Album: Azel

World Music Central News Room January 24, 2016 No Comments Bombinodesert bluesTuareg music

Tuareg guitarist and singer-songwriter Bombino has a new album titled “Azel” scheduled for release on April 1, 2016 on Partisan Records. The Nigerien artist has…

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Mystic Revealers Release “Herb Must Legalize Now” Song and Music Video

World Music Central News Room January 24, 2016 No Comments

Jamaican band Mystic Revealers has released its all-star song “Herb Must Legalize Now (420 High-Grade Remix)” on VP Records’ label Dub Rockers. The remix includes…

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Carminho to Perform at Udaipur World Music Festival

World Music Central News Room January 24, 2016 No Comments fado

Fado star Maria do Carmo Carvalho Rebelo de Andrade, better known as Carminho, is set to perform at the Udaipur World Music Festival. The event…

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Phenoms at Celtic Colours Live

Angel Romero January 23, 2016 No Comments

Various Artists – Celtic Colours Live – Volume 3 (2015) The Celtic Colours Live – Volume 3 contains 14 tracks recorded during the nine days…

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Influential Garifuna Artist Aurelio Martinez to Perform at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle

World Music Central News Room January 23, 2016 No Comments

Garifuna guitarist and singer-songwriter Aurelio Martinez is set to perform on February 2 – 3, 2016 at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle. The lineup for…

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An Ingenious Cornucopia of Celtic, Flamenco, Gypsy, Arabic, Cuban and South Asian

TJ Nelson January 22, 2016 No Comments India

Sultans of String with Anwar Khurshid – Subcontinental Drift (Century Media, 2015) With releases like Symphony (2013), Move (2011), Luna (2007) and Yalla Yalla! (2013)…

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Aleksandar Simic, Saskia Rao de Haas & Shubhendra Rao to Perform at Udaipur World Music Festival

World Music Central News Room January 21, 2016 No Comments IndiaSerbiasitar

Aleksandar Simic (Serbia), Saskia Rao de Haas (The Netherlands) & Shubhendra Rao (India) are set to perform on February 13th, 2016 at Udaipur World Music…

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Enthralling Brew of Global music rooted in the Balkans

Angel Romero January 21, 2016 No Comments Balkan musicbhangraGypsyNew York Gypsy All-Stars

New York Gypsy All-Stars – Dromomania (New York Gypsy All-Stars, 2015) The Pan-Balkan ensemble New York Gypsy All-Stars has released a fantastic album that goes…

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Prestige Releases “He That Seek” Music Video

World Music Central News Room January 20, 2016 No Comments Reggae

Jamaican roots reggae artist Prestige has released the videoclip “He That Seek”. The video was shot on location in Portmore, Jamaica and was directed and…

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Towersey Festival Announces 2016 Program

World Music Central News Room January 20, 2016 No Comments English

Towersey Festival revealed today the 2016 lineup. The 52nd Towersey Festival will take place August 26-29, 2016 in Thame, Oxfordshire (UK). The program features headliners…

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