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    Raia’s Uádi Pours Desert Rains Over The Viola Campaniça

    Raia – Uádi (Lusitanian LUS058, 2025) Portuguese musician António “Tó-Zé” Bexiga recently released Uádi, the new album from his solo project Raia. The record highlights…

    Iliana Cabrera December 21, 2025 No Comments
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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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    Love In Bloom – Double Tiger Grows New “Love Garden” Single

    World Music Central News Room December 19, 2025 No Comments
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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
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    Cool Ruler Meets Keyboard King On ‘Love Without Intermission’

    World Music Central News Room December 15, 2025 No Comments
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Events

Portuguese Vocalist Mara to Perform at EXIB

World Music Central News Room April 27, 2015 No Comments

  Portuguese singer Mara is set to showcase at EXIB (Latin American Music Expo) on May 7, 2015 at Auditorio Azkuna Zentroa in Alhóndiga Bilbao…

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Rosalia Mowgli to present Subversions of Traditional Music: “Portraits of Spain” at EXIB

Angel Romero April 26, 2015 No Comments

  Guitarist Rosalia Mowgli is set to perform on Thursday, May 7th, 2015 at 16:00 in Azkuna Zentroa at EXIB’s (Latin American Music Expo) Professional…

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BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015 Announces Winners

World Music Central News Room April 25, 2015 No Comments

  The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015 were announced on Wednesday, April 22 at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. The 16th annual gala…

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Album reviews

Deep House Sitar Mindful Escape

TJ Nelson April 24, 2015 No Comments

Ronobir Hypnosis – Deep House Sitar (Valley Entertainment, 2015) Every once in a while it’s necessary to slip mindlessly into music, to not have to…

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Lila Downs to Present ‘Balas y Chocolate’ in Durham

World Music Central News Room April 23, 2015 1 Comment

Duke Performances will present iconic Mexican-American vocalist Lila Downs on Saturday, May 2 at 20:00 (8:00 pm) at the Carolina Theatre of Durham, North Carolina.…

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Lin Cortés and Las Negris to Present Gipsy Revolution at Festimad

World Music Central News Room April 22, 2015 No Comments

Lin Cortés and Las Negris are set to perform on Friday April 24, 2015 at 22:00h (10:00 pm) at Sala Paddock, Paseo de Recoletos 14…

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Grand Carnatic Music Recital in Delhi

Dr. Saroja Raman April 22, 2015 No Comments

The Andhra Cultural & Welfare Society of Delhi cordially invites all music lovers of Delhi to the grand two day series of Indian Classical Music.…

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Voices of Asia to Perform at 13th Annual Asian Music Series

World Music Central News Room April 22, 2015 No Comments

Voices of Asia is set to perform on Saturday, April 25 at Small World Music’s 13th Annual Asian Music Series in Toronto. This concert will…

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Album reviews

Hypnotic Pulsating Drums

Madanmohan Rao April 21, 2015 No Comments

Zakir Hussain, Taufiq Qureshi, Bickram Ghosh Pulsating Drums (Music Today, 2009) Hypnotic, infectious, energetic – this percussion album delights and picks you right up off…

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Farid Ayaz, Abu Muhammad & Brothers Qawwal to Perform at Trance Festival in New York

World Music Central News Room April 20, 2015 No Comments

  Farid Ayaz, Abu Muhammad & Brothers Qawwal are set to perform on May 1, 2015 at A World In Trance Festival in New York…

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