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Album reviews

At Dawn with the Saglios

Matthieu & Camille Saglio – Al Alba (ACT Music, 2025) Al Alba (at dawn in Spanish) presents an exquisite, lovely, and intimate collaboration between two…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

Awards

World Music Central’s Best World Music Albums of 2023

World Music Central News Room January 5, 2024 No Comments Abby V Aditya Prakash Alam Khan Ali Farka Touré Arjun Verma As Madalenas Casapalma Didon Domingo Rodriguez "El Colorao"Edgar Muzah ekonting Frigg Juan José Robles Kayhan Kalhor Kimi Djabaté Koum Tara Lucas Santtana Mama Sissoko Mara Aranda Mariana Masetto Martin Hayes Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble Matthieu Saglio Plena Libre Santrofi Shakti world fusion world music Yamandu Costa

World Music Central presents its list of Best World Music albums of 2023 in alphabetical order. Additionally, we include the Best Rising Artists, Best Compilation…

Articles

The Multifaceted Cello

Claudia Taylor October 15, 2023 1 Comment Ana Carla Maza cello Jacqueline du Pré Jeffrey Zeigler Jennifer Culp Joan Jeanrenaud Matthieu Saglio Mstislav Rostropovich Pablo Casals Sunny Yang Walter Gray western classical music world music Yo-Yo Ma

The cello, also known as the violoncello, is a musical instrument that belongs to the violin family. It is a bass instrument, meaning it produces…

Album reviews

Cellist and Composer Matthieu Saglio Creates Musical Magic with ‘Voices'”

Angel Romero June 5, 2023 No Comments Matthieu Saglio world fusion world music

Matthieu Saglio – Voices (ACT, 2023) “Voices” is a dream come true for talented cellist and composer Matthieu Saglio. Along with the musicians of his…

Music videos New CDs

Cellist Matthieu Saglio Announces New Live Album and Video

Angel Romero November 11, 2021 No Comments cello Jazz Matthieu Saglio world fusion world music

World music and jazz cellist Matthieu Saglio has announced the upcoming release of a live album titled Live in San Javier 2021. To support the…

Articles

Best World Music Albums of 2020

World Music Central News Room January 3, 2021 2 Comments Aditya Prakash Afel Bocoum Antibalas Bab L’Bluz Bantu Brian Ó hEadhra Coreyah Custódio Castelo Dequenvessendo Eliseo Parra Faraón Bantú y Champetaman Fiona Mackenzie Frigg Garefowl Harold López-Nussa John McLaughlin Joseph Tawadros Khusugtun La Banda Morisca Las Áñez Mariana Zwarg Matthieu Saglio Meriem Ben Amor Myrkur Orquesta Failde Seamus Egan Shankar Mahadevan Star Feminine Band The Rheingans Sisters TransGlobal Underground Tündra world music Zakir Hussain

Despite the pandemic, 2020 was a good year in terms of world music releases. Whether you call it world music, global music, ethno, Trad, or…