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    Shtoltse Lider Honors Yiddish Modernist Anna Margolin on Queen of Word

    Shtoltse Lider – Queen of Word – A Tribute to Anna Margolin (Kakafon, 2026) The Swedish group Shtoltse Lider pays tribute to Yiddish poet Anna…

    JGurski August 31, 2026 No Comments
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  • Album reviews

    Guachinangos Amalgamate Son Jarocho, Cumbia and Champeta on Debut Album

    Guachinangos – Vol. 1 (Jalopy Records, 2026) New York seven-piece Guachinangos (the red snappers) released its debut album, Vol. 1, earlier this year. The ensemble…

    Angel Romero August 26, 2026 No Comments
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    Juan Saiz Reconnects With Cantabrian Tradition on Tañedor

    Juan Saiz — Tañedor (self-released, 2026) Spanish musician Juan Saiz has released Tañedor, a new album that explores the traditional music of Cantabria (northern Spain)…

    Angel Romero August 24, 2026 No Comments
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    Unfettered Persian Excursion

    Never mind that classically trained Iranian singer Bahar Movahed is also an orthodontist whose practice is (perhaps handily) located in my current stomping ground of…

    Tom Orr August 23, 2026 No Comments
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    Gaoussou ‘Sobra’ Kouyate Steps Forward as Bandleader on ‘Sobra Blues’

    Gaoussou ‘Sobra’ Kouyate – Sobra Dance (One World Records, 2026) Malian guitarist Gaoussou “Sobra” Kouyate takes the lead on Sobra Blues, an eight-track album produced…

    Tyler Bennet August 21, 2026 No Comments
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Featured News

  • Shy-Anne Hovorka — Raise My Fist cover artwork. A colorful illustrated cover showing a hand holding a black-and-white feather against a glowing sunset over water and rolling green hills. Ghostly figures appear in the golden sky, surrounded by flowers, trees, and exposed roots. The title “Raise My Fist” appears prominently above, with Shy-Anne Hovorka and Suckle Creek Drum Group & Friends credited below.
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    Shy-Anne Hovorka Unites More Than 30 Indigenous and Ally Artists on “Raise My Fist”

    World Music Central News Room August 28, 2026 No Comments
  • Black and white photo of Sheila Chandra with hands holding her head.
    Music videos

    Sheila Chandra Presents “Lament of McCrimmon / Song of the Banshee”

    World Music Central News Room August 27, 2026 No Comments
  • Shovel Dance Collective — Photo by Brad Gilbert. a set of three horizontal sepia photos of the band members.
    Music videos

    Shovel Dance Collective Announce ‘Everything in Readiness,’ Share First Single

    World Music Central News Room August 26, 2026 No Comments
  • Protoje standing outdoors. Behind him, a landscape of white mountains.
    Music videos

    Protoje and Stephen Marley Address Global Injustice in ‘1000 Lashes’ Video

    World Music Central News Room August 22, 2026 No Comments
  • Hanoun Brass Band From New Orleans to Palestine cover artwork
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    Second Line Levantine

    Tom Orr August 15, 2026 No Comments
  • Rhiannon Giddens Freight Train video cover artwork. An image of Giddens holding a banjo.
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    Rhiannon Giddens Revisits Elizabeth Cotten’s “Freight Train”

    World Music Central News Room August 13, 2026 No Comments

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Abhishek Basu

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abhishek BasuIndian classical musictablaworld fusion

Abhishek Basu gave his first professional concert with santur maestro Tarun Bhattacharya. He was but a boy of eight when he first stepped into his…

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Artist Profiles: Abhisek Lahiri

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abhisek LahiriIndian classical musicsarod

At a young age Abhisek Lahiri rose to prominence as a sarod player in India. Abhisek has won the hearts of discerning audiences worldwide with…

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Album reviews

Pakistan-Brooklyn Connection

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments KlezmerMichael WinogradPakistani musicZebunnisa Bangash

  The sounds of various regions of Pakistan and klezmer come together in the new project called Sandaraa. The debut album incorporates the impressive vocals…

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Artist Profiles: Abhiman Kaushal

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abhiman KaushalIndian classical musictabla

Indian musician Abhiman Kaushal was initiated in the art of tabla by his father, R.M. Kaushal, who learned under the legendary Ustad Amir Hussain Khan.…

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Artist Profiles: Abhijit Banerjee

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abhijit BanerjeeIndian classical musicIndian musictabla

Indian musician Abhijit Banerjee started learning tabla at a very young age from Sri Tushar Kanti Bose, later from Sri Manik Pal and finally came…

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Artist Profiles: Abdullah Ibrahim

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abdullah IbrahimJazzSouth African musicworld music

Some still know him as Dollar Brand, others by his adopted moniker of Abdullah Ibrahim, which he began using in the late 1960s after his…

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Artist Profiles: Abdul Tee-Jay

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abdul Tee-JaySierra Leonean music

Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Abdul Tee-Jay, an abbreviation for the Fula name Tejan-Jalloh from the Fouta Jalloh region in Guinea where his family originally…

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Artist Profiles: Abdoulaye Diabate

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Abdoulaye DiabategriotjeliMalian music

Abdoulaye Diabate comes from the Segu region of Mali. He was born in 1952, son of Baba Diabate, traditional chief of the Diabate jelis of…

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Artist Profiles: Abdelli

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments Algerian musicbendirBerberdarbukaKabylmandola

Abdelli Abderrahmane is a Kabyl Berber, born on the 2nd of April 1958 at Behalil in the Great Kabyl (Algeria). Author, composer and performer, he…

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New CDs and digital releases

Rounder Records Reissues The Klezmer Conservatory Band’s Oy Chanukah!

Angel Romero April 18, 2016 No Comments JazzKlezmer

Rounder Records has reissued Oy Chanukah! By The Klezmer Conservatory Band. The reissue is part of Rounder’s back catalog world music albums released into full…

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