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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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  • Kathleen MacInnes -Santa Take Me Home cover artwork. A photo of a little girl by a Christmas tree.
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    Kathleen MacInnes Wants A Lift North On New Christmas Single “Santa Take Me Home”

    World Music Central News Room December 23, 2025 No Comments
  • An illustrated cover shows a woman in profile wearing a flowing mustard-gold headscarf and patterned robe, framed by an ornate circular halo. She holds two bright sunflowers. Botanical details fill the background, while Arabic text and the title “Catalus” appear below.
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    Got It Together

    Tom Orr December 22, 2025 No Comments
  • An illustrated landscape shows a lush forest opening to a stream and waterfall, framed by geometric Art Deco borders. A glowing sun sets behind distant mountains, while a lone figure beside a turntable listens by the water. Pastel typography centers the title “Love Garden” with “Double Tiger” beneath.
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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
  • A black field frames gold typography, with the artist name centered above and the album title below. A single luminous gold line ripples across the middle, glowing softly at its center.
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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

Album reviews

New Kingston’s Instantly Accessible Reggae

Angel Romero January 28, 2015 No Comments

New Kingston Kingston City (Easy Star Records, 2015) Modern reggae New Kingston delivers a tasty mix of roots reggae, pop, soul, dub and a little…

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Events

Gregorio Uribe Big Band to Perform at Roulette

World Music Central News Room January 27, 2015 No Comments

Gregorio Uribe Big Band is scheduled to perform on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Roulette in Brooklyn. Led by the charismatic singer and accordionist Gregorio…

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New CDs

Kroke’s New Album ‘Ten’ To Be released in February 2015

World Music Central News Room January 27, 2015 No Comments

  Universal Music Spain will release Ten, the new album by celebrated Polish band Kroke on 17 February 2015. The live presentation of the new…

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Greg Lawson’s Spectacular Recreation of Martyn Bennett’s GRIT at Celtic Connections 2015

Angel Romero January 27, 2015 No Comments

  The Celtic Connections 2015 opening ceremony featured the World Premiere of Martyn Bennett’s GRIT. The album GRIT, originally released in October 2003, was to…

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Stunning Mix of Vietnamese Traditional Sounds and Classical Music

Angel Romero January 26, 2015 No Comments

Tri Nguyen et le quatuor ‘Ilios Consonnances (Lunelios Tous LNL 888 1001, 2013) Vietnamese composer, pianist and dan tranh player Tri Nguyen bridges two beautiful…

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Events

Flamenco Documentaries Screening in Madrid

Angel Romero January 25, 2015 No Comments

  Two essential flamenco documentaries will be presented January 26-28, 2015 at Sala Berlanga in Madrid. The films include Flamenco from the Roots (Flamenco de…

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New Books

Presentation of the Book ‘Flamenco and Power’ in Madrid

World Music Central News Room January 25, 2015 No Comments

A new book titled ‘Flamenco y Poder, un estudio desde la sociología del arte’ (Flamenco and Power, a study from the sociology of art) by…

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General News

Indiegogo Campaign to Rebuild Dembele Home and Djembeso Music Center

World Music Central News Room January 24, 2015 No Comments

  Asheville-area musicians have launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to rebuild the Dembele home and Djembeso music center in Ivory Coast. As reported…

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New CDs

Bluegrass Musician Cody Shuler Releases Debut Album

World Music Central News Room January 24, 2015 No Comments

Mandolin player and songwriter Cody Shuler Is set to release his self-titled debut album Cody Shuler on February 3rd on Rural Rhythm Records. Produced by…

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Articles

Curtain Raiser Taragalte Festival

Daniel Brown January 23, 2015 1 Comment

  It is near the remote oasis of M’hamid El Ghizlane that the Taragalte festival opens this evening January 23. Once the desert gateway from…

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