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    Roberta Gulisano’s A Ccu Apparteni Reclaims the Music of the Uprooted

    Roberta Gulisano – A ccu apparteni (Mhodí Music Company, 2024) At first listen, A Ccu Apparteni by Roberta Gulisano feels like a dispatch from a…

    Madison Quinn May 18, 2025 No Comments
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    Avra Banerjee Weaves Time, Tradition, and World Fusion in Swar Lahari

    Avra Banerjee – Swar Lahari (self-release, 2025) By seamlessly bridging centuries-old Indian classical forms with inventive rhythmic structures and modern instrumentation, Avra Banerjee’s Swar Lahari…

    Angel Romero May 17, 2025 No Comments
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    Alex “Apolo” Ayala Expands Afro-Puerto Rican Jazz Frontiers

    Alex “Apolo” Ayala & The Bámbula Project – Afro-Puerto Rican Jazz (PMC Records / Miel Music, 2025) Afro-Puerto Rican Jazz is the second album by…

    Iliana Cabrera May 16, 2025 No Comments
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    Renegade Queens Highlights the Women of San Francisco Bay Area Latin Jazz Scene

    Various Artists – Salsa de la Bahia Vol. 3: Renegade Queens (Patois Records, 2025) Spearheaded by trombonist-arranger Wayne Wallace and filmmaker Rita Hargrave, Salsa de…

    Madison Quinn May 14, 2025 No Comments
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    Duan Yaocai and the Enduring Spirit of the Bai Dabenqu Blues

    Duan Yaocai – Fu’s Mother Died. Dabenqu Blues from the Bai in Yunnan (Pan Records, 2022) The “Anthology of Music in China #12: Duan Yaocai…

    Tyler Bennet May 13, 2025 No Comments
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  • TajMo - photo by David McClister. The two artists sitting next to each other holding guitars.
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    Porch Perfect: Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ Harmonize on a Family Affair

    World Music Central News Room May 18, 2025 No Comments
  • The cover of Calle Mambo’s Retumba la Tierra features a surreal image of an ancestral figure seated at the center of a cracked, arid landscape. Dressed in traditional Andean attire and wearing a colorful ceremonial mask, the figure’s body merges into tree roots that extend deep into the earth. Behind them, towering mountains and dramatic skies.
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    Earth, Wind, and Firepower: Calle Mambo Shakes Things Up with “Retumba la Tierra”

    World Music Central News Room May 17, 2025 No Comments
  • The single cover for "Teach the Youths" by Little Guerrier featuring Tarrus Riley presents at the center of the image, both artists stand side by side, saluting with their hands.
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    Learn Your Lessons Well

    Tom Orr May 16, 2025 No Comments
  • The album cover for Start Da Lac’ho by Loened Fall features a misty window pane, through which a blurred view of bare trees at sunset can be seen. The band's name and album title appear in bold, vintage-style fonts at the top, with "Musique Bretonne à Danser" in smaller yellow text.
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    Still Kicking: Loened Fall Returns With a Live Album That Won’t Sit Still

    World Music Central News Room May 15, 2025 No Comments
  • Watchhouse - Photo Credit Jillian Clark. A photo of the duo leaning on each other.
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    Burning Bright: Watchhouse Ignite Reflection with “Firelight”

    World Music Central News Room May 15, 2025 No Comments
  • The single cover for Lonesome River Band – Blues features a sunlit beach scene with a black acoustic guitar planted in the sand, a white cowboy hat resting on its headstock. In the foreground, a relaxed pair of cowboy boots. The sky is clear, and the ocean calm, while bold, distressed blue text emphasizes the word “Blues”.
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    Pickin’ Up the Blues — Lonesome River Band Plugs In

    World Music Central News Room May 13, 2025 No Comments
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Intimate Performance by Yungchen Lhamo at Global Salon in New York

World Music Central News Room December 24, 2014 No Comments

Tibetan singer Yungchen Lhamo is set to perform on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 19:00 (7:00 p.m.) at Thalia Theater at Symphony Space in New…

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Hawaiian Music in Motion – Mariners, Missionaries, and Minstrels Reveals Hawaiian Music in 19th Century

World Music Central News Room December 23, 2014 No Comments

University of Illinois Press has published a new book titled Hawaiian Music in Motion – Mariners, Missionaries, and Minstrels that investigates the performance, reception, transmission,…

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Interview with Norka Tibisay Regalado, Daughter of Timbales Legend Rudy Regalado

Les Moncada December 23, 2014 2 Comments

The late Rudy Regalado, timbalero of timbaleros, was a genuine and outstanding timbales maestro and Latin Orchestra Leader as well as a highly regarded sideman…

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Carlos Núñez to Present ‘The Atlantic Corridor’ at Celtic Connections 2015

Angel Romero December 20, 2014 No Comments

  Master Galician piper Carlos Núñez will return to Celtic Connections 2015 on Wed 21 January with a brand new commission titled Carlos Núñez ‘The…

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Best World Music Albums of 2014

Angel Romero December 19, 2014 No Comments

World Music Central’s music critics and special guest revealed today their lists of best world music albums of 2014. Although a handful of albums were…

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General News

Malian Star Bassekou Kouyate to Release Fourth Album in 2015

World Music Central News Room December 19, 2014 No Comments

  Malian ngoni maestro Bassekou Kouyate will release his fourth album and his first for German label Glitterbeat Records (winner of the WOMEX 2014 Label…

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New CDs

Glitterbeat to Launch Hidden Music Series

World Music Central News Room December 18, 2014 No Comments

Glitterbeat Records is set to launch a new Hidden Musics series that will feature un-mediated “field” recordings of lesser-known global music traditions. The first release…

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Album reviews

Cross-pollinated Cantabrian Folk Music

Angel Romero December 18, 2014 No Comments

Cahórnega 2 (Mandeo Records, 2014) Cahórnega is one or the leading folk music bands from Cantabria, a region in northern Spain, bordering the Cantabrian Sea…

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Music videos

Maxi Priest Releases New Video “Holiday” from Latest Album Easy To Love

World Music Central News Room December 18, 2014 No Comments

  Maxi Priest, the most successful solo act in British reggae history has released a new video for “Holiday,” the latest single off his first…

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New CDs

Tribute to Cesaria Evora in France and New Box Set

World Music Central News Room December 17, 2014 1 Comment

  Cesaria Evora “Toujours là” is the title of the upcoming tribute To Cesaria Evora that will take place December 20, 2014 at the Théatre…

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  • Avra Banerjee Weaves Time, Tradition, and World Fusion in Swar Lahari
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