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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 Tops the Transglobal World Music Chart for July 2025

World Music Central News Room July 1, 2025 No Comments accordion Adrian Raso Aïta Mon Amour Aleksand Saya Alune Wade Ammar 808 Anouar Brahem Asil Ensemble Benedicte Maurseth Boubacar Traoré Brighde Chaimbeul Camille Saglio Charles Maimarosia Constantinople Elana Sasson Evoéh Q-Art Famo Mountain Fanfare Ciocarlia Francis Bebey Hamid Drake Hawa iZem Jeremie Diarra jouhikko Jules Maxwell Kaabi Kouyaté Kankou Kouyate kantele Karoliina Kantelinen Kassé Mady Diabaté Kin'Gongolo Kiniata Lamia Bedioui Lassi Logrén Lina Los Pirañas Luizga Madalitso Band Majid Bekkas Mara Aranda Mari Kaasinen Mari Kalkun Matthieu Saglio Matti Laitinen Mehmet Polat Quartet Mikko Hassinen Mustafa Said Neba Solo Nguyên Lê Nidia Góngora Park Jiha Primavera en Salonico Sami Galbi Sarera Savina Yannatou Songhoy Blues Stefano Saletti Susan Aho Trio Da Kali Värttinä Vesevo Vincent Boucher Votia world music Zingarua

The album Kyly by groundbreaking Finnish band Värttinä reached the number one spot of the Transglobal World Music Chart for the month of July 2025.…

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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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Elana Sasson - In Between cover artwork.

Album reviews

Elana Sasson Elegantly Bridges Traditional Folk and Jazz on In Between

Angel Romero April 18, 2025 No Comments cello Elana Sasson Kaveh Sarvarian Manos Stratis Matthieu Saglio Miron Rafajlovic ney Santiago Bertel Victor Goldschmidt world fusion world jazz world music

Elana Sasson – In Between (PKMusik, 2025) With her beautifully crafted debut album In Between (PKMusik, 2025), Persian-Kurdish-American vocalist and composer Elana Sasson unveils an…

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The album cover for Laye Laye by Elana Sasson features a black-and-white photograph of a woman seen from behind. Her dark hair is braided into two plaits, and she wears a sheer, floral-patterned garment draped over her shoulders.

Music videos

Elana Sasson’s “Laye Laye”: a Reimagining of a Traditional Kurdish Lullaby

World Music Central News Room March 23, 2025 1 Comment Elana Sasson Kurdish music Matthieu Saglio world music

Elana Sasson’s latest single, “Laye Laye,” featuring French cellist Matthieu Saglio, is a reimagining of a traditional Kurdish lullaby. Released on March 21, 2025, it…

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Music videos

Spring Forward: Elana Sasson Bridges Traditions in “Bahari Digar”

World Music Central News Room March 4, 2025 No Comments Elana Sasson Persian music world music

On February 28, vocalist and composer Elana Sasson is set to release Bahari Digar, the lead single from her upcoming album In Between (April 18).…

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Elana Sasson & Golestan Ensemble cover artwork. It shows a saz lute vertically leaning on a wall.

Album reviews

Elana Sasson & Golestan Ensemble

Sonia Keller April 4, 2024 No Comments Elana Sasson world fusion world music

Elana Sasson & Golestan Ensemble – Golestan (Elana Sasson, 2024) Elana Sasson & Golestan Ensemble’s album Golestan presents an alluring fusion of Eastern and Western…

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