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Stenkes Kapitány - Aurora Hungarica cover artwork. The cover of Aurora Hungarica features a woman standing on a rural path beside a green field, looking back toward the camera. She wears a light blue dress with a wide dark belt.
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Hungarian Folktronica Project Stenkes Kapitány Unveils Aurora Hungarica EP

JGurski June 24, 2026 No Comments folktronicaHungarian musicStenkes Kapitányworld fusionworld music

Stenkes Kapitány – Aurora Hungarica (2026) Hungarian folktronica act Stenkes Kapitány has released Aurora Hungarica, an alluring four-track EP that meshes together traditional Hungarian folk…

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Nita black and white photo. Looking at herself through a mirror.
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Nita Introduces Magma With New Single “Milagro 18:08”

World Music Central News Room May 22, 2026 No Comments FlamencofolktronicaNitaworld music

Spanish artist Nita has unveiled “Milagro 18:08,” the first preview of Magma, her upcoming debut solo album. The flamenco-infused electronic record, produced alongside Bronquio, marks…

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Bei Bei - Two Moons cover artwork. Two photos: one of Bei Bei's face and a shot of a guzheng.
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Guzheng Master Bei Bei Charms with Innovative Two Moons Album

Angel Romero April 23, 2026 No Comments Bei BeiChinese musicfolktronicaguzhengPaul Elliottworld fusionworld music

Bei Bei – Two Moons (Bei Bei Time Productions, 2026) Chinese guzheng star Bei Bei has a new album titled Two Moons, a 2026 collaborative…

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Blanca Paloma - Sentaita en la escalera (Portada) cover artwork. Blanca appears as a very small woman wearing a blue outfit sitting on a giant human hand.
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Blanca Paloma Previews Debut Album With Sentaíta en la escalera

World Music Central News Room April 18, 2026 No Comments Blanca PalomaFlamencofolktronicaneofolkSpanish musicworld music

Blanca Paloma has released “Sentaíta en la escalera” (sitting on the stairs), the second preview of her debut album, Trenza mía, due on June 9.…

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Ashley MacIsaac — Hi, How Are You Today? cover artwork. A filtered image of Ashley MacIsaac.
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Fearless Fiddle: Ashley MacIsaac’s Hi, How Are You Today?

Ryan Emmert March 13, 2026 No Comments Ashley MacIsaacCeltic musicfolktronicaworld music

Ashley MacIsaac — Hi, How Are You Today? (A&M Records, 1995) Ashley MacIsaac’s now classic 1995 release Hi, How Are You Today? mixed the joyful…

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Spodo Komodo -Rhythm = Power cover artwork. A TV set slowing an image of a man arrested by a female police officer.
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Irish Folk Fusion Act Spodo Komodo Reveals ‘Rhythm = Power’

World Music Central News Room March 9, 2026 No Comments Celtic musicfolktronicaIrish folk musicSpodo KomodoTiernan Courrellworld music

“Rhythm = Power” is the second single from Spodo Komodo, a new hybrid folk project by Scotland-based Irish flute player Tiernan Courrell (Trip).

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Uccio Vive by Elettro Mascarimirì cover artwork. A yellow cover with an illustration of a man.
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Uccio Lives: Pizzica Meets Synths In [EM]’s New Single

World Music Central News Room February 20, 2026 No Comments Elettro MascarimirìfolktronicaItalian musicpizzicaworld music

“Uccio Vive” is the first single from Tradisco, the upcoming album by [EM] Elettro Mascarimirì, due in spring 2026. The track reworks a pizzica by…

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Antti Paalanen - Photo by Kimmo Kansala. Paalanen playing accordion in a field.
Artist Profiles

Bellows To The Metal: Antti Paalanen’s Breathbox Revolution

Madison Quinn October 17, 2025 No Comments accordionAntti PaalanenFinnish musicfolktronicaworld music

(headline image: Antti Paalanen – Photo by Kimmo Kansala) Antti Paalanen, born in 1977 and raised in Southern Ostrobothnia’s pelimanni heartland, builds a roaring engine…

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Sutartronica - Photo by Donatas Petkevicius. The four artists wearing robes in a field.
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Sutartronica’s electrified bridge between Lithuania’s past and future

Angel Romero September 19, 2025 No Comments folktronicaLithuanian musicSutartronicaworld music

Sutartronica is a Lithuanian band that provides an electrified bridge between past and future. Once known as Elektroninės Sutartinės, the ensemble has carved a niche…

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The album cover for Brìghde Chaimbeul – Sunwise features a windswept coastal landscape with four figures walking in a large, faintly traced circle on a barren, grassy plateau.
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Brighde Chaimbeul Ascends to the Top of World Music Charts Europe for August 2025

World Music Central News Room August 2, 2025 No Comments Brighde ChaimbeulCeltic musicfolktronicaworld music

The album Sunwise by piper Brighde Chaimbeul has claimed the number one position of the World Music Charts Europe for the month of August 2025.…

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