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Córas Trio playing indoors.
Artist Profiles

Irish Avant-Folk Ensemble Córas Trio

Ryan Emmert July 11, 2024 No Comments Celtic musicCóras TriofolktronicaIrish folk musicworld fusionworld music

Córas Trio (formerly McAuley/McKeown/McCullagh) are deeply exploring the essence of what it means to be an Irish musician within improvised music today. Their emergent sounds…

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Earthtones - Limones cover artwork. An illustration of two humanoid figures standing.
Music videos

Earthtones Unveil “Limones” Single Featuring Semblanzas Del Rio Guapi

World Music Central News Room July 6, 2024 No Comments Earthtonesfolktronicaweltmusikworld fusionworld music

“Limones” is the second single from Earthtones, the US-based artist and electronic music producer, from the upcoming album We Can Live Together. The album is…

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Nikadimus Experience — Bystree, Vyshe, Silnee cover artwork. The profile of a woman wearing a red dress holding her hands in front of her.
Album reviews

Nikadimus Experience Reissues Remastered ‘Bystree, Vyshe, Silnee’

JGurski June 5, 2024 No Comments folktronicaNikadimus ExperienceVysheworld fusionworld music

Nikadimus Experience — Bystree, Vyshe, Silnee (Nikadimus Experience, 2024) The album Bystree, Vyshe, Silnee [Чемпионы: Быстрее. Выше. Сильнее], which means faster, higher, stronger, was originally…

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Ana Lua Caiano - Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado cover artwork. a photo of the artist with two really long braids.
Charts

Ana Lua Caiano Takes the Number One Spot on World Music Charts Europe for June 2024

World Music Central News Room June 1, 2024 No Comments Ana Lua CaianofolktronicaPortuguese musicworld fusionworld music

The album Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado (I will stay in this square) by Ana Lua Caiano, a Lisbon-based artist, has captured the top rank on…

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Radizi - Cal y cemento cover artwork. A rural home with a red sun in the background.
Album reviews

Folktronica Meets Spanish Rural Musical Traditions

Angel Romero May 9, 2024 No Comments folktronicaFrancesco di CristofaroRadiziRamón Rodríguez GómezSpanish musicworld fusionworld music

Radizi – Cal y cemento (Liburia Records, 2024) Radizi’s album Cal y cemento (lime and cement) presents a fusion of edgy urban electronic, spoken word…

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Bagus Shidqi - Njondhil Njondhal cover artwork. It shows a small headshot of the artist.
Album reviews

Bagus Shidqi and sounds of electronic gamelan

Angel Romero March 24, 2024 No Comments Bagus ShidqifolktronicaGamelanglobal electronicaIndonesian musicworld fusionworld music

Bagus Shidqi – Njondhil Njondhal, Digital indigenous 6 (1000Herz Records, 2024) Highly talented young Indonesian musician Bagus Shidqi has released a truly fascinating album titled…

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Edita Gumauskaitė and Marius Narbutis - Dram bam burtai cover artwork. Headshots of the two artists.
Album reviews

Dram bam burtai, a mystical Lithuanian folktronica project

JGurski February 29, 2024 No Comments Baltic musicEdita GumauskaitėfolktronicaLithuanian musicMarius Narbutisworld fusionworld music

Edita Gumauskaitė and Marius Narbutis – Dram bam burtai (2023) Lithuanian artists Edita Gumauskaitė and Marius Narbutis collaborate on Dram bam burtai, a captivating fusion…

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Recante- Amora Madura single cover. A purple background and two items that look like blackberries.
Music videos Single reviews

Recante’s Splendid Mix of Portuguese Trad and Electronica

Tom Orr February 25, 2024 No Comments folktronicaPortuguese musicRecanteworld music

Combining elements of Southern Portuguese tradition with electronica, “Amora Madura” emerges as a creation of pure beauty by a duo called Recante.

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Album reviews

The Rise and Fall of Salomè Through Pinto and Vassallo’s Artistic Lens

Douglas Sanders January 31, 2024 No Comments folktronicaItalian musicMonica PintoSalvio Vassalloworld music

Salvio Vassallo & Monica Pinto – Il Bacio – Rise and Fall of Salomè (Visage Music, 2023) Salvio Vassallo and Monica Pinto’s collaborative endeavor, Il…

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Charts

Lenhart Tapes Ascends to the Top of World Music Charts Europe January 2024

World Music Central News Room January 1, 2024 No Comments folktronicaLenhart Tapesworld fusionworld musicWorld Music Charts Europe

The album Dens by Serbian band Lenhart Tapes has reached the number one spot in the World Music Charts Europe for the month of January…

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