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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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    Kings of Congolese Rumba Zaïko Langa Langa Unveil New EP, Makinu

    Zaïko Langa Langa – Makinu (2025) Zaïko Langa Langa, a true legend of African music, celebrates fifty years of their career with their new maxi…

    Tyler Bennet December 14, 2025 No Comments
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  • An illustrated landscape shows a lush forest opening to a stream and waterfall, framed by geometric Art Deco borders. A glowing sun sets behind distant mountains, while a lone figure beside a turntable listens by the water. Pastel typography centers the title “Love Garden” with “Double Tiger” beneath.
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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.
    Music videos

    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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    Music videos Single reviews

    Effervescent Reggae

    Tom Orr December 16, 2025 No Comments
  • A dark screen with scan lines and digital noise. Glowing blue-yellow text reads “Gregory Isaacs” at the top and “Love Without Intermission” in italicized lettering at center, with playback symbols and a zeroed timecode.
    Music videos

    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

Having Fun with Jewish Roots Music

Angel Romero September 18, 2015 No Comments

Big Galut(e) Big Galut(e) (Pastromele Records, 2015) This new klezmer group of virtuoso musicians has created a set of unconventional and bold musical pieces rooted…

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Indian Violin Maestro L. Subramaniam to Perform at Duke

World Music Central News Room September 17, 2015 No Comments

  L. Subramaniam, one of the greatest Indian violinists, is set to perform on Friday, September 18 at 20:00 (8:00 pm) in Baldwin Auditorium at…

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Green River Sessions

Angel Romero September 17, 2015 No Comments

Hannah Burgé Green River Sessions (Hannah Burgé, 2015) Green River Sessions is the debut album by rising Canadian jazz vocalist Hannah Burgé (pronounced bur-jeh). Her…

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The First Transglobal World Music Chart to Be Announced in October

World Music Central News Room September 16, 2015 No Comments

  The Transglobal World Music Chart (TWMC), a new world music” best of the month” listing, will reveal its first chart in October 2015. The…

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Eclectic Musical Fantasy

TJ Nelson September 16, 2015 No Comments

Mamak Khadem The Road (Innova, 2015) Iranian singer Mamak Khadem is set to dazzle fans with her latest The Road on the Innova label. Brimming…

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Album reviews

Baroness of Galapagos Jazz

Angel Romero September 15, 2015 No Comments

Cristina Morrison Baronesa (Jazzheads Records, 2015) Baronesa is the concept album by actress and singer-songwriter Cristina Morrison. She fuses contemporary jazz with Latin American music…

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Events

Portuguese Artist Lula Pena to Perform at Duke

World Music Central News Room September 15, 2015 No Comments

  Portuguese singer-songwriter Lula Pena is set to perform on Thursday, September 17 at 20:00 (8:00 pm) at the Nelson Music Room, Duke University. Lula…

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Album reviews

Music is Like Freedom

TJ Nelson September 14, 2015 No Comments

Terakaft Alone (OutHere Records, 2015) Music is a fragile thing and sadly there are some out there in the world who would stamp it out…

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Events

TriBeCaStan to Present Goddess Polka Dottess at NY Gypsy Music Festival

World Music Central News Room September 14, 2015 No Comments

  New York world music ensemble TriBeCaStan will present its new album Goddess Polka Dotess on Friday, September 18, 2015 at Drom in New York…

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New CDs

Real World to Release Live Youssou N’Dour Album

World Music Central News Room September 13, 2015 No Comments

  Real World Records has announced the October 2015 release of Youssou N’Dour’s album titled Fatteliku. This recording showcases Youssou N’Dour et Le Super Etoile…

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