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    Mystic Rebels With a Cause: A Sacred Sound Journey

    Enten Hitti – Mistiche Ribelli (Lizard Records, 2025) Mistiche Ribelli (mystic rebels) is the latest musical project from Pierangelo Pandiscia and Gino Ape, performed by…

    Angel Romero May 28, 2025 No Comments
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    Island Suite Symphony: Tanya Ekanayaka’s “Piano Isles” Maps New Terrain

    Tanya Ekanayaka – Piano Isles (Naxos Records, 2025) Outstanding Sri Lankan composer and pianist Dr. Tanya Ekanayaka explores uncharted musical ground with Piano Isles, a…

    Tyler Bennet May 27, 2025 No Comments
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    Brass Meets Class: The Devil Rides Again Is No One-Hit Wünderkind

    Adrian Raso featuring Fanfare Ciocarlia – The Devil Rides Again (Asphalt Tango Records, 2025) More than a decade after Devil’s Tale took the European World…

    Angel Romero May 26, 2025 No Comments
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    Harare Hits the High Notes: Analog Africa Digs Deep with ‘Roots Rocking Zimbabwe’

    Various Artists – Roots Rocking Zimbabwe: The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975–1980 (Analog Africa, 2025) Analog Africa returns to its roots with Roots Rocking…

    Tyler Bennet May 25, 2025 No Comments
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    Dawn Duet: Niku and Kujanpää Break New Ground With Aamunkoitto

    Teija Niku & Juha Kujanpää – Aamunkoitto (Rockadillo Records ZENCD2197, 2025) Finnish musicians Teija Niku and Juha Kujanpää reunite on Aamunkoitto, a splendid collaborative album…

    Angel Romero May 24, 2025 No Comments
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    Blues on a Saint’s Wavelength: Fabrizio Piepoli Channels St. Nicholas in a Mediterranean Hymn

    World Music Central News Room May 28, 2025 No Comments
  • The single cover features Angelo Rascool in a cream pinstripe suit and red tie, seated with hands pressed in a prayer gesture. He's wearing dark sunglasses and rings. Set against a geometric backdrop under clear blue skies.
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    Still a Clear and Present Danger

    Tom Orr May 27, 2025 No Comments
  • The cover for Followin’ You by East Nash Grass features a pastoral landscape with rolling hills, patchwork fields, and two tall, tree-like forms flanking a winding path. In the foreground, a simple white silhouette of a couple walks hand in hand. The title sits above in bold red and teal text, framed by retro border lines.
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    Grass Roots, Bold Routes: East Nash Grass Follows Instincts with New Single

    World Music Central News Room May 26, 2025 No Comments
  • The album cover for Dubcall – Everyday Blues features a watercolor-style illustration of a masked figure in a jester-like hat playing a stringed instrument. The background is split into dark and purple tones. The title “Dubcall” appears prominently at the top in serif type, while “everyday blues” is placed at the bottom in lowercase yellow font. A subtitle reads: "The Dubinvestigator presents: heavyweight dub and instrumentals 2008–2011."
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    Dub Us This Day

    Tom Orr May 25, 2025 No Comments
  • The cover for Sosegá – El Palo Sin Prisa features a precarious stack of green wooden chairs balanced in an industrial-style room. The hand-drawn, cloud-like title floats above, while simple white text below credits musical directors Javier Limón and Frank Maza.
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    A Toast to Time: Flamenco Finds a New Palo with Sosegá

    World Music Central News Room May 24, 2025 No Comments
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    Double Trouble: Twin Fiddles Take Flight with “Cacklin’ Hen”

    World Music Central News Room May 22, 2025 No Comments
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Okinawan Folk-Pop Duo Sakishima Meeting to Perform at Japan Society in New York

World Music Central News Room November 21, 2014 No Comments

  Okinawan folk-pop duo Sakishima Meeting is set to perform on Friday, December 12 at 20:30 (8:30) pm at Japan Society. Sakishima Meeting is comprised…

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Paraguayan Harp Passion

Arthur Shuey November 20, 2014 No Comments

Oscar Benito Best of the Paraguayan Harp (ARC Music EUCD 2531, 2014) Here’s an intriguing tidbit stumbled upon in an online search: “I found an…

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2014 Holiday Music Options

TJ Nelson November 20, 2014 No Comments

  So, you’ve got your list and your checking it twice – okay, so it’s not really a list but a crumpled mess of coffee…

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Moody and Craftily Charming, Trabalhos Carnivoros

TJ Nelson November 19, 2014 No Comments

Amabis Trabalhos Carnivoros (Mais Um Discos, 2014) It’s apparent from the opening strains of Brazil’s songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Amabis on his latest Tabalhos Carnivoros…

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Quo Vadis, Marcel?

Alison Andrews November 19, 2014 No Comments

A concert by a renowned–one might say legendary–musical figure from the Arab world is always cause for celebration. So much more so when that person…

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The War Project: Music Unplugged in San Francisco

World Music Central News Room November 18, 2014 No Comments

  The War Project: Music Unplugged is a new project that will be staged in San Francisco on Friday, November 21, 2014 at 20:00 (8:00pm).…

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Mackintosh Church, New Venue at Celtic Connections 2015

World Music Central News Room November 17, 2014 No Comments

  The picturesque Mackintosh Church has been added as a venue for Celtic Connections 2015. There will be three very special concerts performed within this…

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Korrontzi, New Directions in Basque Folk Music

Arthur Shuey November 17, 2014 No Comments

Korrontzi Tradition 2.1 (ARC Music EUCD 2538, 2014) There’s a compact statement, “Tradition 2.1.” Creative people will see a release with that title by a…

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Obituaries

Cuban Singer Reinaldo Creagh Dies at 96

Angel Romero November 16, 2014 No Comments

Reinaldo Creagh, one of the great Cuban vocalists from Santiago de Cuba, passed away today, Sunday, November 16th in Santiago de Cuba. The former vocalist…

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Irakere Guitarist Carlos Emilio Morales Dies at 78

Angel Romero November 16, 2014 No Comments

Carlos Emilio Morales Tabares, the guitar player for legendary Cuban jazz fusion band Irakere passed away on November 12, 2014. Carlos Emilio Morales was born…

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