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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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WOMEX 24 Official Showcase Artist - Rasha Nahas (Palestine / Germany)

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WOMEX 2024 Announces Additional Artists to Perform at Annual Showcase

World Music Central News Room July 10, 2024 No Comments Adédèjì Ali Doğan Gönültaş Aysanabee Barrut Batsükh Dorj BIM Chakam Ensemble Clare Sands Cristina Clara Eda Diaz El Laberinto del Coco Ensamble B11 Erol Josué Ganna House of Waters Jonathan Ferr Justin Adams & Mauro Durante Kabaka Pyramid Kamakan Katarina Barruk Les Mamans du Congo x Rrobin Madalitso Band Mitsune Orchestra Baobab Pankisi Ensemble Pelkkä Poutanen Queralt Lahoz Rasha Nahas Sahra Halgan Sara Curruchich Sarab Stogie T Votia womex 2024 world fusion world music

(headline image: WOMEX 24 Official Showcase Artist – Rasha Nahas (Palestine / Germany)) WOMEX 2024 organizers announced the complete lineup for the Jury-selected Showcases, Horizons Stage…

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Madalitso Band - Musakayike

Album reviews

The Rousing Acoustic Sound of Madalitso Band

Angel Romero August 9, 2022 No Comments Madalitso Band Malawian music world music

Madalitso Band – Musakayike (Les Disques Bongo Joe, 2022) The increasingly popular Malawian duo Madalitso Band is back with another enchanting album titled “Musakayike“. Yosefe…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Madalitso Band

Angel Romero October 8, 2021 No Comments Madalitso Band Malawi Malawian music world music

Madalitso Band is a fascinating duo from Malawi that performs traditional music with unconventional musical instruments. The artists use a 4-string acoustic guitar and foot…

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Concert reviews

Satisfying Showcases and Successful Virtual Networking at WOMEX 2020

Angel Romero October 24, 2020 No Comments Bára Zmeková Bashavel Dongyang Gozupa Hugar Madalitso Band MC Yallah & Debmaster Son Rompe Pera Urban Village WOMEX 2020 world music

On Thursday, October 22, 20220 I attended my first day of the digital edition of WOMEX, the annual gathering of world music professionals. I was…

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