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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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  • Album reviews

    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
  • 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

Latin Music Artists Celebrate Michael Jackson

Angel Romero September 5, 2015 No Comments

Tony Succar Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson (Universal Music Classics, 2015) Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson takes some of Michael Jackson’s…

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Acclaimed Persian Music Artists Dastan Ensemble & Mahdieh Mohammadkhani to Perform in New York

World Music Central News Room September 4, 2015 No Comments

Dastan Ensemble & Mahdieh Mohammadkhani are set to perform in New York on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 20:00 (8:00 PM) at Roulette. Dastan is…

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‘I am a gypsy child of History, A gypsy Indian’ – interview with Josefina Gómez Llorente (La Jose)

Madanmohan Rao September 3, 2015 No Comments

  Spanish singer-songwriter Josefina Gómez Llorente, better known as La Jose, has a wide repertoire spanning Iberian music, flamenco songs, Sephardic melodies and Indian classical…

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Album reviews

Smooth Borders Crossings

Angel Romero September 3, 2015 No Comments

Randy Armstrong & Volker Nahrmann Beyond Borders (UMP Records, 2015) As the title indicates, this collaboration between American multi-instrumentalist Randy Armstrong and German bassist Volker…

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Album reviews

Son and Salsa Living in Harmony

Angel Romero September 2, 2015 No Comments

Ola Fresca Elixir (Pipiki Records, 2015) New Yok-based Cuban-American musician José Conde returns to his tropical Caribbean music roots on the remarkably good Elixir, the…

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New CDs

Musica Folklorica & Dušan Holý Release Nejen zahrádečky

World Music Central News Room September 1, 2015 No Comments

Czech artist Petr Pavlica (from Horňácko region) and his Musica Folklorica ensemble have a new album titled Nejen zahrádečky. This is the sixth album by…

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Album reviews

Eliseo’s Southern Roots, Recreations of Spanish Folk Music

Angel Romero August 31, 2015 No Comments

Eliseo Parra El Man Sur (Mirmidón/Karonte, 2015) Spanish folk music icon Eliseo Parra dedicates his album El Man Sur to his southern Spanish roots. For…

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Events

Wobeonfest 2015 to Feature World Music and Jazz Fusion

World Music Central News Room August 30, 2015 No Comments

  Music festival Wobeonfest returns to Ironwood Hall in Downtown Austin (Texas) in September 2015. In addition to the World Music Festival, the organizers have…

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Events

North African Brass Orchestra Fanfarai to Perform in New York

World Music Central News Room August 30, 2015 No Comments

North African Brass Orchestra Fanfarai (France / Algeria) is set to perform Wednesday, September 23 at Drom as part of the 2015 New York Gypsy…

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New CDs

Steep Canyon Rangers Releases Radio

World Music Central News Room August 29, 2015 No Comments

Celebrated bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers has released a new album titled Radio (Rounder Records) this week. Radio is produced by dobro master Jerry Douglas…

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