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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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Featured News

  • 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

Tour Announcements

World Fusion Band Wahh! on Tour in California

World Music Central News Room January 16, 2015 No Comments

  Wahh!, a world fusion band based in Florida will be touring southern California in late January. Wahh!’s sound is rooted in India’s rich traditional…

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Ocora Releases Vallenato

World Music Central News Room January 16, 2015 No Comments

  French world music label Ocora turns its attention to Colombia with a reissue album titled Colombia – Vallenato. This festive hybrid style incorporates European…

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New Books

New Book Available: The Music of the Netherlands Antilles

World Music Central News Room January 16, 2015 No Comments

The Music of the Netherlands Antille: Why Eleven Antilleans Knelt before Chopin’s Heart is a description of music and life in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles…

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Events

Bluegrass on the Plains 2015 Festival Lineup

World Music Central News Room January 15, 2015 No Comments Bluegrass

Bluegrass On The Plains 2015 will take place Monday, May 25 – Sunday, May 31, 2015 in Auburn, Alabama at University Station RV Resort. The…

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Van Morrison to Perform at Celtic Connections 2015

Angel Romero January 15, 2015 No Comments

Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison is among an exciting list of artists confirmed for Celtic Connections 2015. Morrison’s latest album, 2012’s Born to Sing: No…

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Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley Release Before the Sun Goes Down

World Music Central News Room January 14, 2015 No Comments

Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley have released their album, Before the Sun Goes Down this week. The recording pairs Dobro maestro Rob Ickes with rising…

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Album reviews

Splendid Ambient World Music

Angel Romero January 13, 2015 No Comments

Drum Dynasty Mystic Sunrise / Dark Continent (Katavi, 2009) Drum Dynasty takes you to a world where world music, global electronica, new age and ambient…

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Events

First Artists Announced for Towersey Festival 2015

World Music Central News Room January 13, 2015 No Comments

Bellowhead and Show Of Hands are the first headliners announced for 2015’s Towersey Festival. The British traditional and contemporary folk music festival with be held…

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Events

The Music of British Isles’ Constituent Nations and Regions at Celtic Connections 2015

Angel Romero January 12, 2015 No Comments

  One of the highlight concerts added to the Celtic Connections 2015 line up include Horizons which is a new partnership project promoting music from…

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Emil Zrihan to Perform at Peter Norton Symphony Space

World Music Central News Room January 11, 2015 No Comments

  Celebrated Israeli-Moroccan vocalist Emil Zrihan is scheduled to perform on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. The…

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