Danças Ocultas | World Music Central

The album cover for Värttinä – Kyly features red geometric folk motifs arranged symmetrically on a dark, textured blue wood background. The band’s name and album title appear in red gothic lettering.

Charts

Värttinä Surges to the Summit of World Music Charts Europe for July 2025

World Music Central News Room July 1, 2025 No Comments accordion Ammar 808 Barbora Xu Brighde Chaimbeul Camille Saglio Danças Ocultas Elana Sasson Finland Finnish music Grecia Albán Groupa Hamid Drake jouhikko Jules Maxwell Kadialy Kouyaté kantele Karoliina Kantelinen Lassi Logrén Lina_Majid Bekkas Mandé Sila Mari Kaasinen Matthieu Saglio Matti Laitinen Mikko Hassinen Natalia Lafourcade Nguyên Lê Oktopus Rodrigo Leão Salif Keita Sofia Leao Susan Aho Urna Chahar-Tugchi Värttinä Votia world music

The album Kyly by Finnish folk stars Värttinä Secured the coveted top position of World Music Charts Europe for the month of July 2025. Kyly…

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General News

World Music Central’s Best World Music Albums of 2019

World Music Central News Room January 1, 2020 No Comments Apichat Pakwan Bassekou Kouyate Carlos de Jacoba Chick Corea Danças Ocultas Flook Grupo Cimarrón Habib Koité Juan José Robles Kayhan Kalhor Kel Assouf Kiki Valera Mara Aranda Mary Ann Kennedy Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Poranguí Roberto Fonseca Santana The Gloaming Tui Vitto Meirelles world music

World Music Central presents the Top 20 World Music Albums of 2019 selected by our staff. Our favorites include the best 20 overall and best…

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Album reviews

Elegantly Modern Accordion Rooted in Portuguese Tradition

Angel Romero August 14, 2019 No Comments accordion Danças Ocultas Portuguese music world fusion world music

Danças Ocultas – Dentro desse mar (Galileo Music, 2018) Portuguese accordion quartet Danças Ocultas recorded Dentro desse mar at Casa do Mato Studios in Rio…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Danças Ocultas

Angel Romero July 4, 2019 No Comments accordion Danças Ocultas Portugal Portuguese music

Danças Ocultas is an ensemble comprising four accordionists from Agueda near Porto, in Portugal. The quartet is among the most innovative and most exciting representatives…

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Album reviews

Portuguese Folk and Classical Music Intersections

Angel Romero May 29, 2017 No Comments Danças Ocultas Portugal Portuguese music

Danças Ocultas – Amplitude (Galileo Music, 2016) Danças Ocultas is a Portuguese diatonic accordion quartet that has developed an innovative sound that crosses musical boundaries.…

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