World Music Central proudly unveils its curated selection of the top world music albums for 2024. This year’s list includes splendid original works, masterful contemporary…
View More World Music Central Announces the Best World Music Albums of 2024Tag: Afro Celt Sound System
Afro Celt Sound System, A Lasting Legacy
Afro Celt Sound System – OVA (Six Degrees Records, 2024) By the time he formed Afro Celt Sound System in 1995, multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, and…
View More Afro Celt Sound System, A Lasting LegacyAfro Celt Sound System Announce 2024 UK Tour
Afro Celt Sound System will embark on a comprehensive tour across the UK this Autumn, commencing at Islington Assembly Hall on October 9th. This marks…
View More Afro Celt Sound System Announce 2024 UK TourAfro Celt Sound System Founder Simon Emmerson Dies at 67
On March 13, 2023, Simon Emmerson, a renowned English record producer, composer, and guitarist, passed away. Emmerson was born on March 12, 1956, and had…
View More Afro Celt Sound System Founder Simon Emmerson Dies at 67First Artists for Knockengorroch Festival 2020 Announced
The first acts set to perform at Knockengorroch Festival 2020 have been revealed. The lineup includes a thrilling roster of traditional, electronic and world music…
View More First Artists for Knockengorroch Festival 2020 AnnouncedThe Best World Music Albums of 2018
World Music Central has compiled the list of best world music albums of 2018 selected by our editors and contributors as well as our partners…
View More The Best World Music Albums of 2018Flight by Afro Celt Sound System Tops the December 2018 Transglobal World Music Chart
Flight by Afro Celt Sound System is the number one album in December 2018 at the Transglobal World Music Chart. The current Afro Celt Sound…
View More Flight by Afro Celt Sound System Tops the December 2018 Transglobal World Music ChartArtist Profiles: Iarla O Lionáird
Born in 1964 as one of 12 children, O Lionaird grew up in west County Cork in Cúil Aodha, a remote, rural Gaeltacht area where…
View More Artist Profiles: Iarla O LionáirdArtist Profiles: Afro Celt Sound System
Afro Celt Sound System are widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and pioneering groups to emerge from the increasingly eclectic cross-cultural experimentation at…
View More Artist Profiles: Afro Celt Sound SystemReal World Gold, Real World Records to Reissue 10 Classic World Music Albums
Iconic world music label Real World Records announced a new initiative called Real World Gold. The project focuses on reissues of essential recordings that have…
View More Real World Gold, Real World Records to Reissue 10 Classic World Music Albums