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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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  • Album reviews

    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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    Jamaica Meets Irie-Land

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Events

Latin Grammy Winner Jarabe de Palo to Perform in Durham, North Carolina

World Music Central News Room April 19, 2015 No Comments

Latin Grammy winner Jarabe de Palo is set to perform at Motorco in Durham on April 22nd, 2015. The concert is part of their ’Tour…

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DakhaBrakha to Perform Two Shows in Chicago

World Music Central News Room April 19, 2015 No Comments

Ukrainian world music sensation DakhaBrakha is set to perform two shows on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at Mayne Stage in Chicago. DakhaBrakha is a quartet…

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Interview with Gabacho Maroconnection

Jesús Gonzalo April 18, 2015 No Comments

  “We made jazz but dancing became a necessity” Franco-Spanish-Moroccan group, Maroconnection, one of the most active and successful projects in the European market, has…

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Noura Mint Seymali to Perform at Trance Festival in New York

World Music Central News Room April 17, 2015 No Comments

Mauritanian artist Noura Mint Seymali is set to perform on Thursday, April 30 at A World In Trance Festival in New York City. Noura Mint…

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Album reviews

Bassekou Kouyate’s Masterfully Potent Sound

TJ Nelson April 16, 2015 No Comments

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba Ba Power (Glitterbeat, 2015) World music fans, in particular those fans of Mali’s Griot musical traditions, have fallen head over…

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Tour Announcements

Wu Man to Perform with the Shanghai Quartet

Angel Romero April 15, 2015 No Comments

Renowned pipa master Wu Man is set to perform with the Shanghai Quartet at the Asia Society in Houston on April 21, where she will…

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Events

Flamenco guitar Master Juan Carlos Romero to Present Paseo de los Cipreses in Seville

World Music Central News Room April 15, 2015 No Comments

  The Flamenco Viene Del Sur 2015 (Flamenco comes from the south) series will present flamenco guitar maestro Juan Carlos Romero on Tuesday, May 5…

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New Releases

Alborosie Meets King Jammy on Dub Of Thrones

World Music Central News Room April 14, 2015 No Comments

Dub masters Alborosie and King Jammy collaborate on a new album titled Dub of Thrones (VP Records/Greensleeves). This is a historic pairing of one of…

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Events

Yo – Spirit Of Asia to Perform at 13th Annual Asian Music Series

Angel Romero April 14, 2015 No Comments

  Yo – Spirit Of Asia is set to perform on Friday, April 17, 2015 at Small World Music’s 13th Annual Asian Music Series in…

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Gracias a la Vida to Celebrate Chilean Folk Icon Violeta Parra

World Music Central News Room April 14, 2015 No Comments

  The tribute concert Gracias a la Vida: The Rebel Spirit of Chile’s Legendary Voice scheduled for Friday April 17, 2015 will celebrate the life…

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