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    From Hallingdal To Homs: Spove’s Folk Flight

    Spove, Nawara Alnaddaf, Silje Risdal Liahagen, Inger Hannisdal, Adrian Myhr – Spove (Fiol, 2025) Norwegian-Syrian quartet Spove has released its debut album, Spove. The exquisite…

    Tyler Bennet December 20, 2025 No Comments
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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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    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
  • 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.
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    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

Events

Oslo World Music Festival 2015 to Focus on Argentina

World Music Central News Room June 16, 2015 No Comments

  The Oslo World Music Festival has scheduled some of the finest acts from Argentina for the 2015 edition of the festival. Argentina’s Minister of…

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Discover Flamenco with ARC Music, an Album Full of Enjoyment

Arthur Shuey June 15, 2015 No Comments

Various Artists Discover Flamenco with ARC Music (ARC Music EUCD 2576, 2015) Now we’re talking. This is a spectacular flamenco festival wrapped in one CD…

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Glatt & Verkehrt World Music Festival in Austria Presents 2015 Program

World Music Central News Room June 14, 2015 No Comments

  The annual Glatt & Verkehrt world music festival is set to take place July 3-26, 2015 in Krems (Wachau, Austria). The festival features a…

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Norwegian Singer Hanne Tveter Presents New Music Video Luz De Luna

World Music Central News Room June 13, 2015 No Comments

  Luz De Luna (Moonlight), directed by Jesus Blanco, is the title of the new music video by Norwegian vocalist Hanne Tveter. The song is…

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The Three New Bluegrass Divas Land for the First and Only Time in the Mediterranean

Albert Reguant June 12, 2015 1 Comment Aoife O’DonovanLast MaySara WatkinsSarah Jarosz

  Last May, Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan, among other artists, appeared at the Blues & Ritmes Festival in Badalona (city next to…

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Events

Balkan Beat Box and Sonido Vegetal to Perform in Madrid

World Music Central News Room June 12, 2015 No Comments

Balkan Beat Box and Sonido Vegetal are set to perform at Sala But in Madrid on June 24, 2015. Angel Plur (Iboga) will DJ during…

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Awards

Rahim AlHaj, Michael Alpert, and Drink Small, 2015 National Heritage Fellowship Award Winners

Angel Romero June 11, 2015 No Comments

  Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced its 2015 National Heritage Fellowship award winners, the United States’ highest award in the folk and…

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Album reviews

Tango’s Strength

Arthur Shuey June 11, 2015 No Comments

Various Artists Discover Tango With ARC Music (ARC Music EUCD 2577) A few decades ago, the blues was a scorned and dying musical form. Today,…

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Music videos

Pimps of Joytime Release “Jump” Music Video

World Music Central News Room June 11, 2015 No Comments

  Genre-benders The Pimps of Joytime have a new music video titled “Jump”, extracted from their most recent album titled Jukestone Paradise The video was…

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Events

Reggae Legends Black Uhuru to Perform at The Kazimier in Liverpool

World Music Central News Room June 10, 2015 No Comments

  Celebrated reggae act Black Uhuru is set to perform at the Kazimier club in Liverpool (UK) on Friday August 14th, 2015. Five-Star General, Derrick…

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