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    Dawn Beats Darkness: Murmurosi Reimagines Ukrainian Folk On Svitanok

    Murmurosi – Svitanok (Ukrainian Folk Reinvented) (Self-released, 2025) Murmurosi released the passionate Svitanok (Ukrainian Folk Reinvented) independently. The title means “dawn” in Ukrainian and draws…

    JGurski December 22, 2025 No Comments
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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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    Got It Together

    Tom Orr December 22, 2025 No Comments
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    Love In Bloom – Double Tiger Grows New “Love Garden” Single

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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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Bickram Ghosh in the realm of Indian Fusion

Madanmohan Rao February 16, 2015 No Comments

Bickram Ghosh Beyond Rhythmscape (Sagarika, 2011) The sequel to the earlier release Rhythmscape once again has percussionist and composer Bickram Ghosh charting new territory in…

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Celebrated Folk-Rock Band Fairport Convention to Release Myths and Heroes

Angel Romero February 15, 2015 No Comments

Myths and Heroes is the title of the upcoming album from Great Britain’s best-known folk-rock act, Fairport Convention. The album includes thirteen new songs and…

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Benyoro’s Dazzling Kora and Electric Guitar Interplay

Angel Romero February 14, 2015 1 Comment

Benyoro Benyoro (Benyoro Music, 2014) Benyoro is a superb Afro-roots band based in New York City. The multinational band features extremely talented musicians from Mali…

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General News

WOMEX Seeking Film Submissions

Angel Romero February 14, 2015 No Comments

World music expo WOMEX is seeking submissions from all music filmmakers for the 2015 WOMEX Film Screenings. WOMEX 2015 will take place in Budapest, Hungary…

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WOMEX 2015 Seeking Conference Proposals

World Music Central News Room February 13, 2015 No Comments

World music expo WOMEX is seeking submissions for its conference program. This year’s edition of will take place in Budapest, Hungary from Wednesday, October 21…

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Global Club Music Network Releases WOMEX 14 Re:mixes

World Music Central News Room February 12, 2015 1 Comment

The Global Club Music Network (GCMN) and WOMEX have just released WOMEX 14 Re:mixes by GCMN. The album includes songs from eight WOMEX 2014 showcase…

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WOMEX Now Open to 2015 Showcase Proposals

World Music Central News Room February 12, 2015 No Comments

World music expo WOMEX announced on February 11 that it is officially open to artist submissions for the 2015 showcases. WOMEX 2015 will take place…

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Exibmusica 2015, Iberoamerican Music Expo to be Held in May 2015

World Music Central News Room February 11, 2015 No Comments

Exibmusica 2015, the Iberoamerican Music Expo will be held May 7-9, 2015 in Bilbao, Spain. The event brings together music industry professionals and artists from…

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Obituaries

World Music Radio Producer Ole Holmberg Passes Away

World Music Central News Room February 10, 2015 4 Comments

  Ole Holmberg, a longtime member of the World Music Charts Europe and former Chair of the World Music Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union…

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Events

Sunaad Springtime Music Festival In Delhi

Dr. Saroja Raman February 10, 2015 No Comments

  Sunaad has organized a two-day music festival Sangamam 2015, featuring a veena, venu, violin ensemble by Vidushi Saraswati Rajagopalan, Vidwan R Thiagarajan and Vidwan…

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